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Tornado Warning 27, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT for Schleicher County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
- Oct 13, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Schleicher County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
322 WFUS54 KSJT 140030 TORSJT TXC413-140100- /O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0027.121014T0030Z-121014T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 730 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 800 PM CDT * AT 727 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS 3 MILES NORTH OF ELDORADO...OR NEAR ELDORADO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS...OTHER HAZARDS INCLUDE... POTENTIALLY DEADLY LIGHTNING. *THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... CENTRAL SCHLEICHER COUNTY. 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 3096 10038 3077 10042 3087 10068 3097 10066 TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 279DEG 27KT 3089 10057 $$
2 follow-up statements
775
WWUS54 KSJT 140043
SVSSJT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
743 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
TXC413-140100-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-121014T0100Z/
SCHLEICHER TX-
743 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
SCHLEICHER COUNTY...
AT 736 PM CDT... THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER CENTRAL SCHLEICHER COUNTY...OR NEAR ELDORADO...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS.
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.
WITH POSSIBLE STORM IMPACTS...
OVERTURNED VEHICLES...
DAMAGE TO TREES...SOME MAY BE UPROOTED...
DAMAGE TO HOMES...MAY DESTROY MANUFACTURED HOMES...
VEHICLE DINGS...
MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...
NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN...
ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES...
GARAGE DOORS MAY BE BLOWN IN...
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MANUFACTURED HOMES...SOME MAY OVERTURN...
EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES...
HARMFUL FLYING DEBRIS...
THE TORNADO WILL CROSS US HIGHWAY 190 EAST OF ELDORADO BY 750 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3084 10059 3097 10058 3096 10038 3077 10042
3078 10046
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 279DEG 27KT 3088 10047
$$269 WWUS54 KSJT 140051 SVSSJT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 751 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 TXC413-140100- /O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-121014T0100Z/ SCHLEICHER TX- 751 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL SCHLEICHER COUNTY... AT 745 PM CDT... THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL SCHLEICHER COUNTY...OR 10 MILES EAST OF ELDORADO... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... DANGEROUS TORNADIC WINDS. HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 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... SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS... SOME TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN... SHEDS TOPPLED... ROOF DAMAGE TO MANUFACTURED HOMES... EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES... THE TORNADO WILL TRACK ALONG US 190 EAST OF ELDORADO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3081 10048 3091 10047 3092 10039 3080 10041 TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 282DEG 30KT 3086 10038 $$
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, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 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.