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Tornado Warning 1, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 19, 2012Sutton County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2012, 3:10 PM CDT for Sutton County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2012, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Sutton County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 19, 3:12 PM CDT	HAIL 1	24 Sw Sonora, TX	QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 4 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE CAVERNS OF SONORA ROAD AND RR 189.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 19, 2:39 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.3
Supercell composite: 18.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

001 
WFUS54 KSJT 192010
TORSJT
TXC435-192045-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0001.120319T2010Z-120319T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
310 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SUTTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 307 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF US-277 AND
  RANCH ROAD 189...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SONORA...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

  IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS...OTHER HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
  DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
  POTENTIALLY DEADLY LIGHTNING.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  THE INTERSECTION OF US-277 AND RANCH ROAD 189 BY 325 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3029 10096 3038 10097 3039 10095 3049 10062
      3029 10036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 249DEG 29KT 3027 10079

$$

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1 follow-up statement

141 
WWUS54 KSJT 192022
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
322 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

TXC435-192045-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120319T2045Z/
SUTTON TX-
322 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN SUTTON COUNTY...

AT 321 PM CDT... THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US-277 AND RANCH ROAD 189...OR 19 MILES
SOUTH OF SONORA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS.
  LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. HAIL
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

  WITH POSSIBLE STORM IMPACTS...
  OVERTURNED VEHICLES...
  DAMAGE TO TREES...SOME MAY BE UPROOTED...
  DAMAGE TO HOMES...MAY DESTROY MANUFACTURED HOMES...
  DENTED VEHICLES...
  MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE...
  MAY BREAK WINDOWS ON VEHICLES AND HOMES...
  MAY INJURE PEOPLE...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK LEFT UNPROTECTED...
  DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS...
  LIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND...

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN SUTTON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3029 10091 3036 10092 3041 10088 3049 10062
      3029 10036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 249DEG 29KT 3030 10069

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho, Menard	42 min
Mar 19, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Sterling	47 min
Mar 19, 5:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	64 min
Mar 19, 6:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	46 min
Mar 19, 7:06 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SJT	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Fisher and 9 more	11 hr
Mar 19, 9:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Taylor	61 min
Mar 19, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Shackelford, Throckmorton	62 min
Mar 19, 11:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Callahan, Shackelford, Throckmorton	61 min
Mar 19, 11:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Coleman, Runnels	58 min
Mar 19, 11:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho	55 min
Mar 19, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Coleman, Concho, McCulloch	61 min
Mar 19, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Callahan	59 min
Mar 19, 1:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Coleman, Concho	24 min
Mar 19, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Schleicher	26 min
Mar 19, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Runnels	46 min
Mar 19, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Coleman	30 min
Mar 19, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Sutton	49 min
Mar 19, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Kimble, Sutton	35 min
Mar 19, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Kimble	31 min
Mar 19, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch, Menard	38 min
Mar 19, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Kimble	25 min
Mar 19, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	31 min
Mar 19, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Kimble, Mason	36 min
Mar 19, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, McCulloch, Mason, Menard	47 min
Mar 19, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Kimble	28 min
Mar 19, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard, Sutton	43 min
Mar 19, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Mason	37 min
Mar 19, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble	24 min
Mar 19, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch, San Saba	38 min
Mar 19, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Mason	63 min
Mar 19, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	San Saba	27 min
Mar 19, 6:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Mason	81 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.