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Tornado Warning 18, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 30, 2012Coleman County, Concho County, Runnels County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2012, 6:10 PM CDT for Coleman County, Concho County, Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Runnels County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 6:38 PM CDTTORNADO6 Ne Paint Rock, TXBRIEF TORNADO ALONG THE RUNNELS AND CONCHO COUNTY LINE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES EAST OF US 83.
May 30, 6:47 PM CDTTORNADO5 Ene Paint Rock, TXRAIN WRAPPED TORNADO REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES ENE OF PAINT ROCK ON RURAL ROAD 1929

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1761 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
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

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The text

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

710 
WFUS54 KSJT 302310
TORSJT
TXC083-095-399-302345-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0018.120530T2310Z-120530T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
610 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RUNNELS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  WEST CENTRAL COLEMAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL CONCHO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A   
TORNADO WAS 4 MILES SOUTH OF BALLINGER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 
U.S. HIGHWAY 83 JUST SOUTH OF BALLINGER IS IN THE PATH OF THE 
POSSIBLE TORNADO.

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

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  US-83 NEAR THE CONCHO-RUNNELS COUNTY LINE BY 620 PM CDT...
  THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 1929 AND RANCH ROAD 2134 BY 645 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 3167 9962 3147 9977 3165 10002 3179 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 305DEG 14KT 3167 9991

$$
DANIELS
1 follow-up statement
558 
WWUS54 KSJT 302325
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
625 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

TXC083-095-399-302345-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120530T2345Z/
RUNNELS TX-COLEMAN TX-CONCHO TX-
625 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CONCHO...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL COLEMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
RUNNELS COUNTIES...

AT 623 PM CDT... STRONG ROTATION CONTINUES WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO
MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME! RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW! THE MOST
DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR US-83 NEAR THE
CONCHO-RUNNELS COUNTY LINE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
BALLINGER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME AREAS IN THE PATH OF 
THIS STORM INCLUDE RANCH ROAD 1929 AND LAKE IVIE. 

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS.
  PING PONG 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...
  VEHICLE DINGS...
  MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...
  DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS...
  LIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND...
  AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 1929 AND RANCH ROAD 2134 BY 645 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 3167 9962 3147 9977 3165 10002 3179 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 305DEG 14KT 3164 9985

$$
DANIELS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor48 min
May 30, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Nolan, Taylor43 min
May 30, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels49 min
May 30, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor43 min
May 30, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Taylor47 min
May 30, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTaylor27 min
May 30, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels41 min
May 30, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels31 min
May 30, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman, Taylor39 min
May 30, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, Runnels46 min
May 30, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman, Taylor27 min
May 30, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho, Runnels30 min
May 30, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, McCulloch, Runnels49 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.