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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 17, 2007Coleman County, Runnels County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2007, 3:33 PM CDT for Coleman County, Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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 17, 2007, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coleman County, TX, Runnels County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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
Apr 17, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 2007-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 169 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 2007-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-86 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 Apr 17, 2:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 2:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
217 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007

.UPDATE...
RECENT ZONE AND GRID UPDATE ADDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER
151 UNTIL 800 PM CDT THIS EVENING AND EXTENDED POPS INTO THE
CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND UNTIL THE WATCH ENDS. ALSO...INCREASED
CLOUD COVER FOR MOST OF OUR COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. NO
OTHER CHANGES.

23/HUBER

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1251 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007/

AVIATION...
THIS PACKAGE...LOW CLOUDS MOVING OUT. HIGH WINDS FROM THE WEST
WILL BE MOVING IN VIA A DRY LINE TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION. MAY
GET AN ISOLATED STORM THROUGH ABI SITE. WILL MONITOR PROGRESSION
OF STORM ACTIVITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON W/ MOVEMENT OF LOW. OTHER
SITES SHOULD BE OK.

UPDATE...
NO ZONE UPDATE IS PLANNED AT THIS TIME. CURRENT PACKAGE OK.

PREVIOUS POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE    74 47 78 55 / 40 10 10 10
SAN ANGELO 80 49 81 58 / 10 10 10 10
JUNCTION   75 44 81 53 / 20 10 10 10

SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR COKE-CROCKETT-
IRION-SCHLEICHER-STERLING-SUTTON-TOM GREEN.

LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR COKE-CONCHO-
TOM GREEN.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE 	 74  47  78  55 /  40  40  10  10
SAN ANGELO 	 80  49  81  58 /  10  10  10  10
JUNCTION 	 75  44  81  53 /  20  10  10  10

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR COKE-CROCKETT-
IRION-SCHLEICHER-STERLING-SUTTON-TOM GREEN.

LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR COKE-CONCHO-
TOM GREEN.

&&

23/HUBER
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 5:25 AM CDT, 10 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
525 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2007

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-181030-
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-
525 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE
EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. ENOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BE
PRESENT TO BRING A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A SWEETWATER...BALLINGER...
BROWNWOOD LINE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. THE POTENTIAL ALSO EXISTS AN ISOLATED TORNADO AS THE
CENTER OF THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER
SOUTH...FROM THE CONCHO VALLEY SOUTHWARD TO SONORA AND
OZONA...STRONG WEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES BEHIND A DRYLINE...WILL
BRING ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 1:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
146 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007

TXZ049-054-171945-
NOLAN TX-FISHER TX-
146 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR NOLAN AND
FISHER COUNTIES...

AT 144 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASTELLA...OR
ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SNYDER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOBBS AND CAPITOLA BY 245 PM CDT

PEA SIZE TO DIME 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 800 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

11
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 1:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
153 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007

TXZ049-054-064>066-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-172100-
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-
SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...BALLINGER...WINTERS...
HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN...
ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS...COLEMAN...
BROWNWOOD
153 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR AN AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
STERLING CITY TO BROWNWOOD.

AT 150 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM HAMLIN TO COLORADO CITY THAT WAS MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY IMPACT ROBY...ROTAN...SWEETWATER
BY 3 PM.

OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.

THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG UPPER LOW MOVES
EAST ACROSS THE AREA.

BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Apr 17, 2:38 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 4:35 AM CDTRed Flag WarningSJTCoke, Crockett, Irion, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton and 1 more15 hr
Apr 17, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan50 min
Apr 17, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Taylor56 min
Apr 17, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford46 min
Apr 17, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford, Throckmorton23 min
Apr 17, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman48 min
Apr 17, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman24 min
Apr 17, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford21 min
Apr 17, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan32 min
Apr 17, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown29 min
Apr 17, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown21 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.