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Tornado Warning 18, NWS San Angelo, TX
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ne Paint Rock, TX | BRIEF TORNADO ALONG THE RUNNELS AND CONCHO COUNTY LINE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES EAST OF US 83. |
| May 30, 6:47 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ene Paint Rock, TX | RAIN 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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.
| 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, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Taylor | 27 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, 6:14 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.