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Tornado Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 6, 2012Kimble County, Menard County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2012, 10:42 PM CDT for Kimble County, Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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
May 6, 2012, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2012, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kimble County, TX, Menard County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 11:07 PM CDTHAIL 1.75London, TX

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

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1964 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
1964 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

761 
WFUS54 KSJT 070342
TORSJT
TXC267-327-070415-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0013.120507T0342Z-120507T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1042 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL KIMBLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MENARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1038 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONDON...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  MENARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  ALONG AND VERY NEAR THE PATH THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR...
  DOWNED TREES AND TOPPLED SIGNS...
  BROKEN WINDOWS AND ROOF DAMAGE...
  VEHICLES...SHEDS...AND POORLY SECURED MOBILE HOMES TOPPLED

  IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS...OTHER HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
  POTENTIALLY DEADLY LIGHTNING.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LONDON BY 1105 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3060 9963 3075 9972 3084 9961 3072 9948
      3071 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 336DEG 12KT 3075 9963

$$

REIMER
1 follow-up statement
508 
WWUS54 KSJT 070400
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1100 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

TXC267-327-070415-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120507T0415Z/
KIMBLE TX-MENARD TX-
1100 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MENARD AND NORTH CENTRAL KIMBLE COUNTIES...

AT 1057 PM CDT... THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR LONDON...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MENARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS.
  LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE..

  WITH POSSIBLE STORM IMPACTS...
  DOWNED TREES AND TOPPLED SIGNS...
  BROKEN WINDOWS AND ROOF DAMAGE...
  VEHICLES...SHEDS...AND POORLY SECURED MOBILE HOMES TOPPLED
  DENTED VEHICLES...
  MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE...
  MAY BREAK WINDOWS ON VEHICLES AND HOMES...
  MAY INJURE PEOPLE...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK LEFT UNPROTECTED...

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LONDON...THE INTERSECTION OF US-377 AND RANCH ROAD 385 AND US-377
  NEAR THE KIMBLE-MENARD COUNTY LINE BY 1115 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3061 9961 3074 9969 3083 9960 3072 9948
      3071 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 321DEG 9KT 3071 9961

$$

REIMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTom Green29 min
May 6, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMason32 min
May 6, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMason29 min
May 6, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford33 min
May 6, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMason61 min
May 6, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford42 min
May 6, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard42 min
May 6, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford37 min
May 6, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Menard25 min
May 7, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling57 min
May 7, 1:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTom Green59 min
May 7, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green52 min
May 7, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green48 min
May 7, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green28 min
May 7, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green24 min
May 7, 2:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green3 hr
May 7, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho61 min
May 7, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho52 min
May 7, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Schleicher, Tom Green40 min
May 7, 3:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTConcho3 hr
May 7, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTNolan50 min
May 7, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason, Menard41 min
May 7, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSchleicher55 min
May 7, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Schleicher, Sutton47 min
May 7, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Menard52 min
May 7, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor57 min
May 7, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch38 min
May 7, 4:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTMcCulloch3 hr
May 7, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason42 min
May 7, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason20 min
May 7, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett56 min
May 7, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba56 min
May 7, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett63 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.