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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 30, 2007Shackelford County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2007, 7:31 PM CDT for Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 14 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 30, 2007, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2007, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shackelford County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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 30, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 401 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-272 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 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 30, 6:40 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:40 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
319 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-312030-
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-
319 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE BIG
COUNTRY. ALSO...SEVERAL THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CONTINUE
TO PROPAGATE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE
COMBINATION OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND THE COOL FRONT WILL BE
THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...HEARTLAND...NORTHWEST CONCHO
VALLEY AND THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. IF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL QUICKLY BECOME
SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...HOWEVER ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG
ANY BOUNDARIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

UPPER LEVEL NORTHWEST FLOW AND A STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE OVER
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF A MERTZON TO SAN ANGELO TO
COLEMAN LINE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED STARTING BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING.
ACTIVATION IS MORE LIKELY NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM STERLING CITY
TO SAN ANGELO TO JUNCTION LINE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 7:00 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
700 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

TXZ114-310045-
SHACKELFORD TX-
700 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SHACKELFORD COUNTY...

AT 657 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT GRIFFIN...OR
ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBANY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
ANOTHER STORM WAS DEVELOPING JUST NORTHWEST OF ALBANY.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  NORTHEASTERN SHACKELFORD COUNTY.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER
ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, May 30, 7:23 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
723 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-310230-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...BALLINGER...WINTERS...
MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...EDEN...OZONA...ELDORADO...SONORA...
HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN...
ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS...COLEMAN...
BROWNWOOD...BRADY...SAN SABA...MENARD...JUNCTION...MASON
723 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

...SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE EVENING...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 715 PM...RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ALONG AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...HEARTLAND AND
INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FARTHER TO THE SOUTH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL
HAZARDS RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE
LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford23 min
May 30, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman, Taylor63 min
May 30, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan46 min
May 30, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels, Taylor40 min
May 30, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford41 min
May 30, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels30 min
May 30, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan49 min
May 30, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown46 min
May 31, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown46 min
May 31, 12:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTBrown3 hr
May 31, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown50 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.