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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2013, 10:10 PM CDT for Brown County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2013, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2013, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Brown County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 15, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 15, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1604 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 436 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 20.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 15, 6:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 5:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 528 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-162230- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 528 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING EAST OF A ROTAN TO SAN ANGELO TO SONORA LINE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS NEXT SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:10 PM CDT, 6 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 410 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 TXZ113-114-152145- JONES TX-SHACKELFORD TX- 410 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR JONES AND SHACKELFORD COUNTIES... POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AT 407 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF ANSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE... SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW WEAK TREES TOPPLED... SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY... LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED... DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST... MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE... ISOLATED SMALL VEHICLE DENTS... MINOR INJURY POSSIBLE... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ANSON BY 420 PM CDT FUNSTON BY 430 PM CDT THE INTERSECTION OF US-180 AND FARM ROAD 600 AND AVOCA BY 440 PM CDT LUEDERS...BIG COUNTRY BAPTIST ASSEMBLY AND NUGENT BY 445 PM CDT LAT...LON 3292 9955 3258 9957 3268 10007 3286 10008 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 268DEG 25KT 3277 9997
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
442 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
TXZ113-114-152230-
JONES TX-SHACKELFORD TX-
442 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR JONES
AND SHACKELFORD COUNTIES...
POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL
AT 437 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF
ANSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW WEAK TREES TOPPLED...
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY...
LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE...
ISOLATED SMALL VEHICLE DENTS...
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
THE INTERSECTION OF US-180 AND FARM ROAD 600 AND AVOCA BY 455 PM
CDT
NUGENT BY 500 PM CDT
LUEDERS AND BIG COUNTRY BAPTIST ASSEMBLY BY 505 PM CDT
LAT...LON 3295 9942 3252 9943 3251 9945 3267 9994
3285 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 274DEG 26KT 3275 9982Special weather statement, May 15, 5:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 515 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 TXZ049-054-152245- FISHER TX-NOLAN TX- 515 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR FISHER AND NOLAN COUNTIES... POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AT 510 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF US-84 NEAR THE NOLAN-FISHER COUNTY LINE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE... SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW WEAK TREES TOPPLED... SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY... LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED... DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... US-84 NEAR THE NOLAN-FISHER COUNTY LINE BY 520 PM CDT WASTELLA BY 525 PM CDT I-20 NEAR THE NOLAN-MITCHELL COUNTY LINE BY 530 PM CDT CHAMPION BY 535 PM CDT ROSCOE AND GANNON BY 540 PM CDT SWEETWATER...CAMP BOOTHE OAKS AND THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 608 AND HIGHWAY 147 BY 545 PM CDT AND INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 227 AND 243. LAT...LON 3273 10021 3213 10049 3231 10067 3269 10066 TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 292DEG 25KT 3254 10072
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
524 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
TXZ140-152245-
BROWN TX-
524 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR BROWN
COUNTY...
POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL
AT 521 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ZEPHYR...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNWOOD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. U.S. HIGHWAY 183...OVER SOUTHEAST BROWN COUNTY
IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
LOCALIZED SHORT DURATION POWER OUTAGES...
SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES...
ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE...
A FEW LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ZEPHYR BY 530 PM CDT
LAT...LON 3169 9868 3169 9875 3161 9877 3152 9891
3152 9893 3167 9894 3176 9870 3171 9867
3170 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 242DEG 28KT 3159 9884
DANIELSLocal storm report, May 15, 5:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Runnels | 25 min |
| May 15, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Runnels | 25 min |
| May 15, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Runnels | 38 min |
| May 15, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Brown | 35 min |
| May 15, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, McCulloch, San Saba | 23 min |
| May 15, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 32 min |
| May 15, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 32 min |
| May 15, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 61 min |
| May 16, 12:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | San Saba | 3 hr |
| May 16, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 50 min |
| May 16, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Kimble, Mason | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.