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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 17, 20084 counties in Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2008, 11:26 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 64 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
Mar 17, 2008, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2008, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Coke County, TX, Irion County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

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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
Mar 17, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

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 Mar 17, 6:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 6:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
650 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008

.UPDATE...
ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 126.

&&

.AVIATION...
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. CEILINGS WILL BECOME MVFR WITH
OCCASIONAL IFR IN STORMS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 306 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008/

SHORT TERM...
STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW
OVER TEXAS...300 MB WINDS OF 100 TO 120 KNOTS. DRYLINE LOCATED
FROM SWEETWATER TO WEST OF DEL RIO. COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA INTO THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. TSTMS HAVE
DEVELOPED ALONG THE DRYLINE ACROSS THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY. LOOKS
LIKE A BUSY NIGHT AND MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LIFTS OUT WITH
STRONG DYNAMICS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. ALSO...SURFACE PRESSURE
FALLS WILL STALL DRYLINE NEAR A ABILENE TO SONORA LINE. LOW LEVEL
JET WILL INCREASE TO 50 TO 60 KNOTS ACROSS MAINLY THE EASTERN HALF
OF THE CWFA WITH 500 MB WINDS INCREASING TO CLOSE TO 100 KNOTS.
VERY FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILE SETTING UP ACROSS THE HEARTLAND AND
NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY WITH 0-6KM VALUES OF 60 KNOTS AND 0-1KM
VALUES OF AROUND 30 KNOTS. ALSO...CAPE VALUES OF 1000 TO 2000 J/KG
WILL PROVIDE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY. SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK HAS A
MODERATE RISK ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND HEARTLAND.
SEVERE STORMS A GOOD BET ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.
INCREASING MOISTURE AND COUPLING OF 300 JET WILL LEAD TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST PART OF CWFA LOOKS GOOD. UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LIFTS
ACROSS TEXAS ON TUESDAY WITH DEFORMATION ZONE FORMING ACROSS THE
CWFA. HAVE LKLY POPS GOING FOR TUESDAY AND CHC POPS FOR TUESDAY
NIGHT.

LONG TERM...
LOOKS LIKE UPPER LEVEL ZONAL FLOW THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK...AND THEN THE GFS BRINGS ANOTHER FRONT THROUGH BY THIS
WEEKEND WITH LITTLE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. WILL GO WITH A DRY
FORECAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS MAY
INCREASE ACROSS MAINLY THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWFA FOR THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE 	 50  57  37  67 /  60  60  30   0
SAN ANGELO 	 53  58  38  70 /  60  60  20   0
JUNCTION 	 54  59  36  71 /  80  60  20   0

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR BROWN-COLEMAN-
CONCHO-KIMBLE-MASON-MCCULLOCH-MENARD-SAN SABA.

&&

09
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 2:23 PM CDT, 9 hours 3 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 17, 6:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
628 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008

TXZ098-180030-
HASKELL TX-
628 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR HASKELL
COUNTY...

AT 626 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RULE...OR ABOUT 11
MILES WEST OF HASKELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HASKELL BY 635 PM CDT
  ROCHESTER BY 645 PM CDT
  OBRIEN BY 650 PM CDT
  WEINERT BY 655 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. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER
ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 17, 6:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 17, 6:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
635 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008

TXZ113-127-180015-
JONES TX-TAYLOR TX-
635 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR JONES AND
TAYLOR COUNTIES...

AT 630 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OVER TUSCOLA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH
OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BUFFALO GAP BY 640 PM CDT
  VIEW BY 655 PM CDT
  POTOSI BY 700 PM CDT
  DYESS AFB BY 710 PM CDT
  ABILENE...IMPACT AND TYE BY 715 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. 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 700 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
Local storm report, Mar 17, 6:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels38 min
Mar 17, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green18 min
Mar 17, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Shackelford41 min
Mar 17, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels, Taylor30 min
Mar 17, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTColeman, Runnels44 min
Mar 17, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Taylor26 min
Mar 17, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Mason39 min
Mar 17, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton38 min
Mar 17, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels, Taylor49 min
Mar 17, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor29 min
Mar 17, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Shackelford24 min
Mar 17, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan, Taylor36 min
Mar 17, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor25 min
Mar 17, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels25 min
Mar 17, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason51 min
Mar 17, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman49 min
Mar 17, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell18 min
Mar 17, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford, Throckmorton31 min
Mar 17, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Shackelford37 min
Mar 17, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels46 min
Mar 17, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Taylor28 min
Mar 17, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch21 min
Mar 17, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford, Throckmorton31 min
Mar 17, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor27 min
Mar 17, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green39 min
Mar 17, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford33 min
Mar 17, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTColeman, Runnels23 min
Mar 17, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green38 min
Mar 17, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTColeman52 min
Mar 17, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Irion, Schleicher60 min
Mar 17, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green40 min
Mar 17, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Runnels, Sterling40 min
Mar 17, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Schleicher, Sutton54 min
Mar 17, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Runnels48 min
Mar 17, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSchleicher, Sutton40 min
Mar 17, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green52 min
Mar 17, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green47 min
Mar 17, 10:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSchleicher23 min
Mar 17, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor46 min
Mar 17, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCrockett, Sutton46 min
Mar 17, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSchleicher, Tom Green44 min
Mar 17, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher51 min
Mar 17, 11:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke, Crockett, Irion, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green2 hr
Mar 17, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Tom Green38 min
Mar 17, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher, Tom Green41 min
Mar 17, 11:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTRunnels, Taylor2 hr
Mar 18, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels, Taylor62 min
Mar 18, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher, Tom Green52 min
Mar 18, 12:57 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTSutton48 min
Mar 18, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton35 min
Mar 18, 1:32 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTSchleicher, Sutton24 min
Mar 18, 1:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCrockett, Schleicher, Sutton6 hr
Mar 18, 2:32 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Sutton28 min
Mar 18, 2:58 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble32 min
Mar 18, 3:25 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTMenard35 min
Mar 18, 3:53 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch, Menard52 min
Mar 18, 5:01 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.