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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 24, 2007Menard County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2007, 7:26 PM CDT for Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2007, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Menard County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 11:49 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC11 hr
Apr 24, 3:58 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2857 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
7.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 24, 7:18 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 7:18 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 2:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
256 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-252000-
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO-
CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-
TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE-
MASON-
256 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A COLEMAN...BRADY...JUNCTION
LINE. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AS
A DRY LINE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO COULD
ALSO OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE HEARTLAND AND
NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
557 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0556 PM     HAIL             15 W EDEN               31.22N 100.10W
04/24/2007  E1.75 INCH       CONCHO             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 87 NEAR THE TOM GREEN AND
            CONCHO COUNTY LINE.

&&

07
Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
616 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0611 PM     HAIL             3 N EDEN                31.26N 99.84W
04/24/2007  E0.88 INCH       CONCHO             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR

&&

KHOEPPNER
Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
625 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0604 PM     HAIL             5 NW EDEN               31.27N 99.90W
04/24/2007  E1.75 INCH       CONCHO             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MCINTYRE
Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:43 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
643 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0627 PM     HAIL             EDEN                    31.22N 99.84W
04/24/2007  E0.88 INCH       CONCHO             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO DOWNTOWN EDEN.

&&

KHOEPPNER
Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:50 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
650 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0650 PM     HAIL             BROWNWOOD               31.71N 98.99W
04/24/2007  E1.00 INCH       BROWN              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

07
Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
709 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0704 PM     HAIL             LOHN                    31.32N 99.41W
04/24/2007  E0.88 INCH       MCCULLOCH          TX   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

MCINTYRE

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard, Schleicher30 min
Apr 24, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, San Saba31 min
Apr 24, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTBrown31 min
Apr 24, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, San Saba50 min
Apr 24, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, Menard29 min
Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, San Saba65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.