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Tornado Warning 49, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 2, 2007Kimble County, Mason County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2007, 5:41 PM CDT for Kimble County, Mason 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2007, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kimble County, TX, Mason County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1853 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
1853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 022241
TORSJT
TXC267-319-022315-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0049.070502T2241Z-070502T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
541 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  EASTERN KIMBLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SEGOVIA...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  EASTERN KIMBLE AND SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

LAT...LON 3062 9968 3029 9977 3029 9931 3061 9929
      3061 9949

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KSJT 022250
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
550 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

TXC267-319-022315-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070502T2315Z/
MASON TX-KIMBLE TX-
550 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
KIMBLE AND SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES...

AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES EAST OF
SEGOVIA...OR ABOUT 23 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS 
OVER 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
KIMBLE AND SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3062 9968 3029 9977 3029 9931 3061 9929
      3061 9949

$$
000 
WWUS54 KSJT 022301
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
601 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

TXC267-319-022315-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070502T2315Z/
MASON TX-KIMBLE TX-
601 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
KIMBLE AND SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES...

AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 385 AND RANCH ROAD 1871...OR ABOUT 24
MILES SOUTH OF MASON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
KIMBLE AND SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3062 9968 3029 9977 3029 9931 3061 9929
      3061 9949

$$

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, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford55 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

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.