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Special Weather Statement, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2012, 10:42 PM CDT for Concho County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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
- Oct 13, 2012, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2012, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
County Concho County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 2651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1277 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Oct 13, 6:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 6:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 629 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 .DISCUSSION... /SEE BELOW FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION/ && .AVIATION... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST...JUST SOUTH OF THE ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT A 625 PM. HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 KTS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1Z SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF SAN ANGELO...BUT MISSING THE AIRPORT. STRONG WINDS TO 45 KTS FROM OUTFLOW FORM THE STORMS WILL BE THE MAIN AVIATION DIFFICULT FOR SAN ANGELO THROUGH 2Z. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD BRADY THIS EVENING...AND HAVE VCTS AROUND 2Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 239 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012/ SHORT TERM... SURFACE TROUGH/DRYLINE EXTENDED JUST EAST OF A FT STOCKTON... MIDLAND... CHILDRESS LINE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING EAST OF THE DRYLINE...GARDEN CITY TO SNYDER...ROBY TO HASKELL. THUNDERSTORMS AND DRYLINE ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ALONG A SAN ANGELO... ABILENE... THROCKMORTON LINE AROUND 7 PM. WITH SFC BASED CAPES OF 2000 J/KG...SOME STORMS LIKELY TO BE SEVERE WITH LARGE AND DAMAGING WINDS. BULK SHEARS WERE 50-60 KTS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...WHERE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...ALSO UNTIL 8 PM. THE SURFACE TROUGH/DRYLINE WILL LIKELY MOVE TO A SONORA TO BROWNWOOD LINE TOWARD MIDNIGHT...WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. KEEPING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...FROM JUNCTION TO SAN SABA. OTHERWISE DRY AND SUNNY ON SUNDAY WITH NORTH WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. LONG TERM... INTRODUCED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY...SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CONCHO VALLEY. THIS AS LEVEL MOISTURE RETURNS AND INTERACTS WITH WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES. A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BRINGING DRIER AND COOLER AIR. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 82 56 81 53 82 / 50 50 10 5 0 SAN ANGELO 84 55 83 52 82 / 50 50 10 5 5 JUNCTION 85 65 83 53 85 / 30 60 20 10 5 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 99/99/04
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 2:01 PM CDT, 8 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 201 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-141915- 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- 201 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES...MAINLY ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 13, 8:42 PM CDT, 2 hours before
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</html>Special weather statement, Oct 13, 9:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 914 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 TXZ072-073-077-168-140300- MENARD TX-SCHLEICHER TX-TOM GREEN TX-CONCHO TX- 914 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR MENARD...SCHLEICHER...TOM GREEN AND CONCHO COUNTIES... AT 910 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 17 MILES WEST OF LIVE OAK...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF CHRISTOVAL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LIVE OAK BY 935 PM CDT US-83 NEAR THE MENARD-CONCHO COUNTY LINE BY 945 PM CDT NICKEL 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. LAT...LON 3118 9964 3096 9969 3105 10039 3127 10029 TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 277DEG 35KT 3110 10017
Special weather statement, Oct 13, 9:51 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 951 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 TXZ073-154-168-140330- MCCULLOCH TX-MENARD TX-CONCHO TX- 951 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR MCCULLOCH...MENARD AND CONCHO COUNTIES... AT 947 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MELVIN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF MENARD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... US-190 NEAR THE MENARD-MCCULLOCH COUNTY LINE AND MELVIN BY 1010 PM CDT THE INTERSECTION OF US-190 AND RANCH ROAD 1311 BY 1020 PM CDT BRADY LAKE BY 1025 PM CDT BRADY BY 1030 PM CDT NICKEL 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. LAT...LON 3118 9929 3095 9929 3101 9993 3122 9992 TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 274DEG 34KT 3109 9977
Special weather statement, Oct 13, 9:54 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
954 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
TXZ072-073-140345-
TOM GREEN TX-CONCHO TX-
954 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR TOM
GREEN AND CONCHO COUNTIES...
AT 952 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 3 MILES NORTH OF CHRISTOVAL...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
VANCOURT BY 1035 PM CDT
DIME 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.
LAT...LON 3141 10017 3135 10004 3109 10009 3111 10061
3135 10058
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 277DEG 21KT 3124 10048Local storm report, Oct 13, 10:18 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1018 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 N STAMFORD 33.03N 99.80W
10/13/2012 HASKELL TX PUBLIC
ROOF DAMAGE TO HOME JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 277. A LARGE
CATTLE TRAILER WAS ALSO MOVED APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS.
&&
EVENT NUMBER SJT1200267
JOHNSONSpecial weather statement, Oct 13, 10:42 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1042 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
TXZ073-168-140430-
MENARD TX-CONCHO TX-
1042 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR
MENARD AND CONCHO COUNTIES...
AT 1038 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDEN...OR ABOUT
20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENARD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LIVE OAK BY 1050 PM CDT
US-83 NEAR THE MENARD-CONCHO COUNTY LINE AND EDEN BY 1100 PM CDT
THE INTERSECTION OF US-87 AND RANCH ROAD 2134 BY 1110 PM CDT
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
LAT...LON 3102 10011 3115 10012 3125 10011 3131 9960
3102 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 263DEG 27KT 3113 9999
JOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Callahan | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 17 min |
| Oct 13, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Irion | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard, Schleicher | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion, Tom Green | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Menard | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Runnels | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher, Tom Green | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Concho | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | McCulloch | 39 min |
| Oct 13, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Tom Green | 51 min |
| Oct 13, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | McCulloch | 49 min |
| Oct 13, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 42 min |
| Oct 14, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 28 min |
| Oct 14, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Menard | 54 min |
| Oct 14, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 23 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.