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Tornado Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2006, 7:28 PM CDT for Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2006, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jones County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:48 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Truby, TX | |
| May 5, 7:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 W Hawley, TX | |
| May 5, 8:01 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 2 N Hawley, TX | |
| May 5, 8:03 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Hodges, TX | |
| May 5, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Truby, TX | |
| May 5, 8:06 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Hawley, TX | |
| May 5, 8:08 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Hawley, TX | TORNADO WAS OBSERVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE TWO BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS IN A PASTURE NEAR LAKE FORT PHATOM HILL. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED. WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WILL BE ENTERED AS 20 YARDS AND PATH LENGTH OF TWO TENTHS OF A MILE LONG. END TIME WILL BE GIVEN 810 PM. WIL |
| May 5, 8:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Hawley, TX | THE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ENTERED THE ROOF OF THE FIRE STATION IN HAWLEY. |
| May 5, 8:10 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 3 E Hawley, TX | |
| May 5, 8:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 11 Nne Abilene, TX | |
| May 5, 8:23 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 9 N Abilene, TX | EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AROUND LAKE FORT PHANTOM NORTH OF ABILENE. |
| May 5, 8:25 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 8 Ese Hawley, TX | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT LAKE FORT PHANTOM WITH WINDOWS BROKEN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 228 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1779 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSJT 060028 TORSJT TXC253-060115- /O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0021.060506T0028Z-060506T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 728 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NOODLE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... NOODLE AND THE INTERSECTION OF US-180 AND RANCH ROAD 126 BY 730 PM CDT STITH BY 740 PM CDT TRUBY AND ANSON BY 745 PM CDT HODGES BY 750 PM CDT HAWLEY AND FUNSTON BY 755 PM CDT NUGENT AND THE INTERSECTION OF US-180 AND RANCH ROAD 600 BY 805 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 3279 10014 3253 10014 3252 9963 3280 9962 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KSJT 060056 SVSSJT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 753 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 TXC253-060115- /O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060506T0115Z/ JONES TX- 753 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY... AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED SLIGHTLY...THOUGH THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR CIRCULATION TO STRENGTHEN AGAIN. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HODGES BY 800 PM CDT... HAWLEY AND FUNSTON BY 805 PM CDT... NUGENT BY 815 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3279 10009 3253 10010 3252 9963 3280 9962 $$
000 WWUS54 KSJT 060105 SVSSJT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 805 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 TXC253-060115- /O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060506T0115Z/ JONES TX- 805 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY... AT 800 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTH OF HAWLEY. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAWLEY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANSON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NUGENT AND THE INTERSECTION OF US-180 AND RANCH ROAD 600 BY 815 PM CDT IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3279 10001 3253 10002 3252 9963 3280 9962 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Haskell | 41 min |
| May 5, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Runnels | 53 min |
| May 5, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 48 min |
| May 5, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Nolan | 48 min |
| May 5, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan | 32 min |
| May 5, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Haskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton | 46 min |
| May 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Runnels | 60 min |
| May 5, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 66 min |
| May 5, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Crockett | 47 min |
| May 5, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor | 46 min |
| May 5, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coleman, Runnels | 38 min |
| May 5, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Throckmorton | 50 min |
| May 5, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 62 min |
| May 5, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 41 min |
| May 5, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones, Nolan | 54 min |
| May 5, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 49 min |
| May 5, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan, Shackelford | 32 min |
| May 5, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan, Taylor | 42 min |
| May 5, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Jones, Shackelford | 26 min |
| May 5, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 35 min |
| May 5, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones, Taylor | 32 min |
| May 5, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan, Coleman | 52 min |
| May 5, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 52 min |
| May 5, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Jones, Shackelford | 30 min |
| May 5, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Nolan, Shackelford, Taylor | 27 min |
| May 5, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels, Taylor | 30 min |
| May 5, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor | 59 min |
| May 5, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 51 min |
| May 5, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Shackelford, Taylor | 59 min |
| May 5, 10:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Brown | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor | 63 min |
| May 5, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 51 min |
| May 5, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman, Concho, McCulloch, Runnels, San Saba | 54 min |
| May 6, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch | 61 min |
| May 6, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 26 min |
| May 6, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 50 min |
| May 6, 2:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 116 min |
| May 6, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, Menard | 53 min |
| May 6, 5:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 42 min |
| May 6, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason, Menard | 30 min |
| May 6, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, Menard | 42 min |
| May 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason | 47 min |
| May 6, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason | 27 min |
| May 6, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, San Saba | 31 min |
| May 6, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason, San Saba | 30 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.