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Tornado Warning 26, NWS San Angelo, TX

October 13, 2012Schleicher County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2012, 7:08 PM CDT for Schleicher County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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: Oct 13, 2012, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Schleicher County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 13, 7:23 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	4 N Eldorado, TX	SHERIFF REPORTED GOLDBALL SIZE HAIL NORTH OF ELDORADO.
Oct 13, 7:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1	7 Nnw Eldorado, TX
Oct 13, 7:28 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Eldorado, TX	POWER POLES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 277
Oct 13, 7:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	4 N Eldorado, TX	HIGHWAY 277 APPROX 4 MILES NORTH OF ELDORADO

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
Oct 13, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 4.3

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The text

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

303 
WFUS54 KSJT 140008
TORSJT
TXC413-140045-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0026.121014T0008Z-121014T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
708 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SCHLEICHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 703 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELDORADO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS...OTHER HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  POTENTIALLY DEADLY LIGHTNING.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ELDORADO BY 725 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3102 10058 3081 10059 3092 10084 3102 10082
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 277DEG 28KT 3094 10073

$$

1 follow-up statement

639 
WWUS54 KSJT 140019
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
719 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

TXC413-140045-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-121014T0045Z/
SCHLEICHER TX-
719 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
SCHLEICHER COUNTY...

AT 717 PM CDT... THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 1828 AND RANCH ROAD 915...OR 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF ELDORADO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS.

  WITH POSSIBLE STORM IMPACTS...
  OVERTURNED VEHICLES...
  DAMAGE TO TREES...SOME MAY BE UPROOTED...
  DAMAGE TO HOMES...MAY DESTROY MANUFACTURED HOMES...

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ELDORADO BY 735 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3090 10078 3100 10071 3098 10058 3081 10059
      3087 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 290DEG 21KT 3092 10069

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Callahan	41 min
Oct 13, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Tom Green	30 min
Oct 13, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Schleicher	30 min
Oct 13, 7:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Schleicher	17 min
Oct 13, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Irion	45 min
Oct 13, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Menard, Schleicher	33 min
Oct 13, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	38 min
Oct 13, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	34 min
Oct 13, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Runnels	33 min
Oct 13, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Schleicher, Tom Green	25 min
Oct 13, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho	46 min
Oct 13, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch	39 min
Oct 13, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Tom Green	51 min
Oct 13, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho	48 min
Oct 13, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch	49 min
Oct 13, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch	42 min
Oct 14, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	San Saba	28 min
Oct 14, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	54 min
Oct 14, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	San Saba	23 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.