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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 3, 2007Irion County, Tom Green County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT for Irion County, Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Irion County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 5:08 PM CDTHAIL 17 Wsw San Angelo, TX
Jun 3, 5:15 PM CDTHAIL 14 N San Angelo, TX
Jun 3, 5:28 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 636 E Tankersley, TX
Jun 3, 5:32 PM CDTHAIL 0.753 Sw San Angelo, TX
Jun 3, 5:32 PM CDTHAIL 15 E Mertzon, TXQUARTER SIZE HAIL DAMAGED CAR WINDSHIELD AND CROPS.
Jun 3, 5:35 PM CDTHAIL 0.883 Ese Tankersley, TX

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1012 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
1012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 Jun 3, 3:53 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:53 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
353 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

.UPDATE...
UPDATED ZONES TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 341 UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM...

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 151 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007/

SHORT TERM...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE COLD FRONT IS LOCATED
FROM STERLING CITY TO JUST NORTH OF SAN ANGELO TO NEAR BROWNWOOD.
ANOTHER BOUNDARY WAS DRAPED ACROSS THE I10 CORRIDOR. AS THE SHORTWAVE
WHICH IS MOVING INTO FAR WEST TEXAS CONTINUES TO APPROACH WC
TX...THE COMBINATION OF ADEQUATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...CAPE VALUES
APPROACHING 3000 J/KG...AND MODERATE BULK SHEAR WILL SET THE STAGE
FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. EXPECT AN MCS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MAF CWA AND TRACK ESE
INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WC TX THIS EVENING. AS THE NW FLOW
CONTINUES...COULD SEE YET ANOTHER MCS DEVELOP AND TRACK ACROSS THE
NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU TOMORROW NIGHT.

LONG TERM...
FOR WED THROUGH SUNDAY...EXPECT THE CAP TO DEVELOP AS THE UPPER
FLOW BECOMES WSW ALLOWING WARMER AIR INTO THE REGION. TEMPS SHOULD
RISE INTO THE 90S EVEN IN ABILENE WHO HAS NOT REACHED 90 SO FAR
THIS YEAR HOWEVER...CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TSTORM SO WILL
KEEP SILENT 10 POPS IN THE PACKAGE. WENT SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN MEX
GUIDANCE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE 	 66  87  63  87 /  50  20  30  20
SAN ANGELO 	 66  88  65  89 /  70  30  50  30
JUNCTION 	 69  89  66  88 /  70  30  40  30

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
225 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-041930-
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-
225 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS GOOD CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER BEGINNING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES AHEAD OF AN UPPER
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IN NEW MEXICO. SEVERE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE
PERMIAN BASIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS IN WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS....ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WEAK COLD FRONT...WHICH EXTENDS
FROM BIG SPRING TO ROBERT LEE TO BALLINGER TO BRADY TO BROWNWOOD.
THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE BIG COUNTRY...IS
IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER.

WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR AND STRONG INSTABILITY...SOME OF THE STORMS
WILL REACH SEVERE LEVELS...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE NIGHT...AND SHOULD WEAKEN TOWARD MONDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON
INTO MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AS ANOTHER
STORM SYSTEM INTERACTS WITH THE REMNANT COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
AREA. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREAT. STORMS SHOULD
DECREASE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY MID WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:48 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
348 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXZ064-032145-
STERLING TX-
348 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR STERLING
COUNTY...

AT 346 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 23 MILES WEST OF STERLING CITY...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

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. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER
ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:25 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
425 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXZ071-072-032230-
TOM GREEN TX-IRION TX-
425 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR TOM GREEN
AND IRION COUNTIES...

AT 420 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARDEN...OR ABOUT
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS
THUNDERSTORM MAY AFFECT THE SAN ANGELO AREA AROUND 530 PM. BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ARDEN BY 515 PM CDT
  TANKERSLEY BY 530 PM CDT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling27 min
Jun 3, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling60 min
Jun 3, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Tom Green62 min
Jun 3, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Irion, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green32 min
Jun 3, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion40 min
Jun 3, 5:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green3 hr
Jun 3, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch, Mason, Menard63 min
Jun 3, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green60 min
Jun 3, 6:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, San Saba3 hr
Jun 3, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason, San Saba18 min
Jun 3, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason, Menard38 min
Jun 3, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard14 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.