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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 3, 2008Haskell County, Throckmorton County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2008, 4:05 PM CDT for Haskell County, Throckmorton County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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 3, 2008, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2008, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Haskell County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 3, 2:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 290 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 2008-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1592 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 2008-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.6

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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 3, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton25 min
Apr 3, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton15 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.