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Tornado Warning 16, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2012, 5:33 PM CDT for Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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 30, 2012, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Taylor County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Sw Buffalo Gap, TX | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT ABILENE STATE PARK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 1761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
409 WFUS54 KSJT 302233 TORSJT TXC441-302300- /O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0016.120530T2233Z-120530T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 533 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 531 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS 9 MILES WEST OF LAKE ABILENE...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLACKWELL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME ROADS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE U.S. HIGHWAY 277. 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... LAKE ABILENE BY 600 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3228 9980 3209 9982 3217 10012 3229 10012 TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 285DEG 12KT 3221 10005 $$ DANIELS
1 follow-up statement
819 WWUS54 KSJT 302246 SVSSJT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 546 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 TXC441-302300- /O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120530T2300Z/ TAYLOR TX- 546 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY... AT 540 PM CDT... THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF LAKE ABILENE...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF WINTERS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS. LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. WITH POSSIBLE STORM IMPACTS... OVERTURNED VEHICLES... DAMAGE TO TREES...SOME MAY BE UPROOTED... DAMAGE TO HOMES...MAY DESTROY MANUFACTURED HOMES... DENTED VEHICLES... MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE... MAY BREAK WINDOWS ON VEHICLES AND HOMES... MAY INJURE PEOPLE...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK LEFT UNPROTECTED... DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS... LIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LAKE ABILENE BY 600 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3228 9980 3209 9982 3217 10012 3229 10012 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 285DEG 12KT 3220 10000 $$ DANIELS!
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Taylor | 48 min |
| May 30, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones, Nolan, Taylor | 43 min |
| May 30, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Runnels | 49 min |
| May 30, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor | 43 min |
| May 30, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Jones, Taylor | 47 min |
| May 30, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Runnels | 41 min |
| May 30, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 31 min |
| May 30, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Coleman, Taylor | 39 min |
| May 30, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coleman, Concho, Runnels | 35 min |
| May 30, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Concho, Runnels | 46 min |
| May 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Coleman, Taylor | 27 min |
| May 30, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, Runnels | 30 min |
| May 30, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Concho, McCulloch, Runnels | 49 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.