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Tornado Warning 27, NWS San Angelo, TX

October 13, 2012Schleicher County, Texas

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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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
Oct 13, 7:33 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 N Eldorado, TXHIGHWAY 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 13, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2651 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCallahan41 min
Oct 13, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSchleicher37 min
Oct 13, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green30 min
Oct 13, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSchleicher17 min
Oct 13, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTIrion45 min
Oct 13, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard, Schleicher33 min
Oct 13, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green38 min
Oct 13, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard34 min
Oct 13, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels33 min
Oct 13, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher, Tom Green25 min
Oct 13, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho46 min
Oct 13, 9:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMcCulloch39 min
Oct 13, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTom Green51 min
Oct 13, 10:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho48 min
Oct 13, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMcCulloch49 min
Oct 13, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch42 min
Oct 14, 12:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba28 min
Oct 14, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard54 min
Oct 14, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba23 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.