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Special Weather Statement, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 5, 2012, 10:10 PM CDT for McCulloch County, Mason County, San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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 5, 2012, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
Counties Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, San Saba County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 249 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
982
WWUS84 KSJT 060310
SPSSJT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1010 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
TXZ139-154-155-168>170-060400-
KIMBLE TX-MCCULLOCH TX-MASON TX-MENARD TX-SAN SABA TX-COLEMAN TX-
1010 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
KIMBLE...MCCULLOCH...MASON...MENARD...SAN SABA AND COLEMAN
COUNTIES...
AT 1001 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND THE
HEARTLAND..EAST OF AN IVIE RESERVOIR TO JUNCTION LINE. THESE STORMS
WILL DROP UP TO ANOTHER 1 INCH OF RAIN ACROSS LOCATIONS THAT HAVE
SEEN HEAVY RAINFALL ALREADY EARLIER THIS EVENING.
WITH SOME LOCATIONS LIKELY HAVING SEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS
EVENING...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL BE LIKELY. LOW WATER
CROSSING AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY BECOME FLOODED AND
IMPASSABLE..AND MAY REMAIN THAT WAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE RAIN
HAS ENDED.
MOTORISTS TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD PROCEED WITH CAUTION. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE
ROAD. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3030 9968 3158 9957 3150 9920 3146 9918
3147 9905 3138 9876 3140 9869 3135 9870
3137 9865 3132 9859 3127 9862 3117 9851
3111 9853 3110 9845 3106 9847 3092 9841
3092 9897 3050 9897 3050 9930 3041 9929
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 219DEG 12KT 3064 9928
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 40 min |
| May 5, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Menard | 62 min |
| May 5, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Coleman | 67 min |
| May 5, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | McCulloch | 65 min |
| May 5, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 37 min |
| May 5, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 62 min |
| May 5, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 38 min |
| May 5, 8:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, Menard, San Saba | 112 min |
| May 5, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 25 min |
| May 5, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Coleman | 57 min |
| May 5, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | McCulloch, Menard, San Saba | 64 min |
| May 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Coleman | 51 min |
| May 5, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Mason | 39 min |
| May 5, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 51 min |
| May 5, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Tom Green | 59 min |
| May 6, 4:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Mason | 60 min |
| May 6, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Brown | 66 min |
| May 6, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Irion, Tom Green | 54 min |
| May 6, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Llano | 44 min |
| May 6, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Shackelford | 61 min |
| May 6, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Throckmorton | 62 min |
| May 6, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Throckmorton | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.