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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 11, 2009San Saba County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2009, 9:33 PM CDT for San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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
Jun 11, 2009, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County San Saba County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 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
Jun 11, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 236 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2849 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
2849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
8.1

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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 11, 7:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 7:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:02 PM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
302 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-122015-
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-
302 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG COUNTRY...HEARTLAND...
AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 10 PM TONIGHT. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH
THE WATCH AREA...AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HILL
COUNTRY...AND ALSO ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MOST
OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 100 TO 105
DEGREES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AREA RESIDENTS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IF POSSIBLE...AND DRINK
PLENTY OF FLUIDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED ACROSS THE HEARTLAND...AND IS
LIKELY ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AREAS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTSan Saba3 hr
Jun 11, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba32 min
Jun 12, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown52 min
Jun 12, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown46 min
Jun 12, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown26 min
Jun 12, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba53 min
Jun 12, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba30 min
Jun 12, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba48 min
Jun 12, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown32 min
Jun 12, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.