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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX

December 23, 20098 counties in Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this winter storm warning at Dec 23, 2009, 9:16 PM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 24, 2009, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2009, 9:16 PM CST (03:16 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2009, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 24, 2009, 1:57 PM CST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX

Counties Callahan County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jones County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 2009-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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 2009-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 23, 7:09 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 7:09 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 1:38 PM CST, 7 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
138 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-241945-
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-
138 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE BIG COUNTRY
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL NOON ON THURSDAY. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING THEN CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

FURTHER SOUTH...RAIN MAY CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE CONCHO VALLEY TOWARDS DAYBREAK BEFORE ENDING. PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LIGHTER OVER THIS AREA WITH NO SNOW
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF A
CROSS PLAINS TO JUNCTION LINE THIS EVENING. SMALL HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY BEFORE
NOON ON THURSDAY. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 23, 4:03 PM CST, 5 hours 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 23, 8:14 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 9:16 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisorySJTBrown, Coke, Coleman, Runnels, Sterling18 hr
Dec 24, 10:22 AM CSTBlizzard WarningSJTCallahan, Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton5 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2009Every winter storm 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.