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Tornado Warning 22, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2012, 8:12 PM CDT for Concho County, McCulloch County, Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Concho County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Melvin, TX | ROOF DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED AT AT LEAST ONE RESIDENCE NEAR MELVIN. DAMAGE OCCURRED JUST EAST OF RANCH ROAD 2028 APPROXIMATELY 3 MILE SOUTH OF MELVIN. |
| May 30, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 3 S Melvin, TX | WIND DRIVEN BASEBALL SIZE HAIL PRODUCED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN MELVIN. EAST FACING WINDOWS WERE ALL BLOWN IN ON SEVERAL RESIDENCES |
| May 30, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Melvin, TX | WIND DRIVEN BASEBALL SIZE HAIL PRODUCED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN MELVIN. EAST FACING WINDOWS WERE ALL BLOWN IN ON SEVERAL RESIDENCES |
| May 30, 8:32 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 1 Se Melvin, TX | CORN CROPS STRIPPED. |
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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 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
- 2015 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
501 WFUS54 KSJT 310112 TORSJT TXC095-307-327-310145- /O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0022.120531T0112Z-120531T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 812 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MCCULLOCH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN MENARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN CONCHO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 807 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS 3 MILES SOUTH OF MELVIN...OR 15 MILES WEST OF BRADY... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD IS BEING REPORTED NEAR MELVIN AND A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE URGED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS...OTHER HAZARDS INCLUDE... LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO SOFTBALL SIZE. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. POTENTIALLY DEADLY LIGHTNING. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... US-190 NEAR THE MENARD-MCCULLOCH COUNTY LINE BY 825 PM CDT... THE INTERSECTION OF US-190 AND RANCH ROAD 1311 BY 830 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. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3104 9931 3090 9962 3122 9973 3128 9960 TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 318DEG 26KT 3114 9956 $$ DANIELS
1 follow-up statement
763 WWUS54 KSJT 310135 SVSSJT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 835 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 TXC095-307-327-310145- /O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120531T0145Z/ MCCULLOCH TX-MENARD TX-CONCHO TX- 835 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CONCHO...NORTHEASTERN MENARD AND SOUTHWESTERN MCCULLOCH COUNTIES... AT 830 PM CDT... THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US-190 AND RANCH ROAD 1311...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRADY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WALL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AND A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS. LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO SOFTBALL SIZE. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. WITH POSSIBLE STORM IMPACTS... DOWNED TREES AND TOPPLED SIGNS... BROKEN WINDOWS AND ROOF DAMAGE... VEHICLES...SHEDS...AND POORLY SECURED MOBILE HOMES TOPPLED CATASTROPHIC VEHICLE DAMAGE... CATASTROPHIC ROOF DAMAGE... SHATTERED WINDOWS ON VEHICLES AND HOMES... POTENTIALLY DEADLY TO PEOPLE...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK LEFT UNPROTECTED... DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS... LIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN CONCHO...NORTHEASTERN MENARD AND SOUTHWESTERN MCCULLOCH COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3104 9931 3090 9962 3122 9973 3128 9960 TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 318DEG 26KT 3100 9942 $$ DANIELS
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch | 33 min |
| May 30, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Concho, McCulloch, Menard | 50 min |
| May 30, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch | 32 min |
| May 30, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 40 min |
| May 30, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 49 min |
| May 30, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch, Mason, Menard | 47 min |
| May 30, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, Menard | 31 min |
| May 30, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 36 min |
| May 30, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 42 min |
| May 30, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard | 49 min |
| May 30, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mason | 23 min |
| May 30, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton | 46 min |
| May 30, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton | 37 min |
| May 30, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 49 min |
| May 30, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 17 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.