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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 2, 2007Callahan County, Shackelford County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2007, 2:05 PM CDT for Callahan County, Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
May 2, 2007, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Callahan County, TX, Shackelford County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 12:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 657 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 2, 1:14 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 1:14 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
114 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

.UPDATE...
UPDATED ZONES FOR TORNADO WATCH #209. LINE OF SEVERE TSTMS MOVING
ACROSS THE WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY WITH WSR-88D INDICATING STRONG
MESOS IN THE LINE.  21

&&

.AVIATION...
TSTMS LIKELY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. ALSO...MVFR CIGS OF BKN015-025 ACROSS
THE AREA WITH AREAS OF IFR CIGS BLO OVC010.  21

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 929 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007/

UPDATE...
HAVE GONE WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. MCS OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHWEST TEXAS MOVING EAST TOWARD THE CWFA. ALSO...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH #208 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR WESTERN CONCHO
VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU.  21

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 614 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007/

AVIATION...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BEGINNING EARLY AFTERNOON AND THROUGH
TONIGHT. EXPECT IFR TO MVFR CIGS AND VIS OVER THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL MIDMORNING WITH VFR
CONDITIONS AT THE I10 TERMINALS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO ALL
TERMINALS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 415 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE 	 80  61  83  65 /  70  70  20  10
SAN ANGELO 	 83  63  86  65 /  70  70  20  10
JUNCTION 	 83  64  85  65 /  50  70  30  10

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR BROWN-CALLAHAN-
COKE-COLEMAN-CONCHO-CROCKETT-FISHER-IRION-JONES-KIMBLE-MASON-
MCCULLOCH-MENARD-NOLAN-RUNNELS-SAN SABA-SCHLEICHER-SHACKELFORD-
STERLING-SUTTON-TAYLOR-TOM GREEN.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 4:17 AM CDT, 9 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
417 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-030930-
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-
417 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT AS YET ANOTHER IN A
SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVES INTO THE REGION. ANY
STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF REACHING SEVERE
LEVELS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS.
HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. IN
ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS
WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST OF THE COMING WEEK. STRONG STORMS MAY
ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP SATURDAY AS AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES TO
DOMINATE THE LOCAL WEATHER PICTURE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY.
GIVEN THE SATURATED SOILS OVER VIRTUALLY ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS...FLASH FLOODING IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE NIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 1:34 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 2, 1:37 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
137 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2007

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

0135 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 N GRAPE CREEK         31.62N 100.55W
05/02/2007  E60 MPH          TOM GREEN          TX   PUBLIC

&&

JBRAZZEL
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:41 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
141 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

TXZ114-128-021945-
SHACKELFORD TX-CALLAHAN TX-
141 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
SHACKELFORD AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES...

AT 138 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 3 MILES WEST OF EULA...OR ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLYDE BY 150 PM CDT
  BAIRD BY 155 PM CDT
  MORAN BY 225 PM CDT
  ALBANY BY 230 PM CDT
  IBEX BY 240 PM CDT

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
Local storm report, May 2, 1:44 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
144 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2007

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

0143 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 N GRAPE CREEK         31.62N 100.55W
05/02/2007  E75 MPH          TOM GREEN          TX   PUBLIC

&&

JBRAZZEL
Local storm report, May 2, 1:49 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
149 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2007

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

0108 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WATER VALLEY            31.67N 100.72W
05/02/2007                   TOM GREEN          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOFS BLOWN OFF HOUSES.

&&

JBRAZZEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason65 min
May 1, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble51 min
May 1, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton65 min
May 2, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett29 min
May 2, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett31 min
May 2, 9:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchSJTBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 16 more13 hr
May 2, 11:53 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green67 min
May 2, 12:49 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Runnels, Sterling, Tom Green56 min
May 2, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Irion, Schleicher, Tom Green66 min
May 2, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan64 min
May 2, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Taylor47 min
May 2, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Runnels, Tom Green48 min
May 2, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Crockett, Irion, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green48 min
May 2, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Runnels36 min
May 2, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels32 min
May 2, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTColeman, Concho, McCulloch36 min
May 2, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor34 min
May 2, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels36 min
May 2, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor34 min
May 2, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton34 min
May 2, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTBrown, Coleman, McCulloch, San Saba46 min
May 2, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher38 min
May 2, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Taylor60 min
May 2, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSutton51 min
May 2, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTBrown, McCulloch, San Saba37 min
May 2, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMenard, Schleicher36 min
May 2, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Menard35 min
May 2, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Sutton32 min
May 2, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble49 min
May 2, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason, San Saba54 min
May 2, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Mason34 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.