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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 23, 2013McCulloch County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2013, 11:14 PM CDT for McCulloch County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 23, 2013, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County McCulloch County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 249 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 2013-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2671 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 23, 10:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 10:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 5:55 AM CDT, 17 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
555 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-241100-
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-
555 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN BIG
COUNTRY AFTER 5 PM TODAY. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE
ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AND POSSIBLY
FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY AND INTO CROCKETT COUNTY.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING COULD ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE
STORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...
MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS INCLUDE
VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT
WILL ALSO EXIST.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS
OCCUR...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS THE AREA ROUGHLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE
FROM BAIRD TO SAN ANGELO TO OZONA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS ACROSS PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 10:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 23, 10:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1013 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0828 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ABILENE                 32.45N  99.73W
05/23/2013                   TAYLOR             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PART OF ROOF RIPPED OFF OF MOBILE HOME AT 161 SOUTH
            PIONEER ST.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1300298

DOLL
Local storm report, May 23, 10:14 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1014 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0825 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ABILENE                 32.45N  99.73W
05/23/2013                   TAYLOR             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1300299

DOLL
Local storm report, May 23, 10:16 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1016 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0826 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S ABILENE             32.39N  99.73W
05/23/2013                   TAYLOR             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            LOCAL SHOP HAD ALL WALLS BLOWN INWARD ON ELMDALE RD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1300300

DOLL
Local storm report, May 23, 10:17 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1017 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0826 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ABILENE                 32.45N  99.73W
05/23/2013                   TAYLOR             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS POWER POLES DOWN ALONG ELMDALE RD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1300301

DOLL
Local storm report, May 23, 10:19 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1019 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE ABILENE            32.47N  99.71W
05/23/2013                   TAYLOR             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            POWER POLES DOWN. FIREWORKS STAND BLOWN OVER AT HWY 351
            AND INTERSTATE 20.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1300302

DOLL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor, Throckmorton40 min
May 23, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan50 min
May 23, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Jones, Runnels, Shackelford and 1 more49 min
May 23, 8:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCallahan, Shackelford2 hr
May 23, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Jones, Runnels, Shackelford and 1 more46 min
May 23, 9:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTIrion38 min
May 23, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho, Tom Green51 min
May 23, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman50 min
May 23, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones, Shackelford, Taylor58 min
May 23, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, McCulloch47 min
May 23, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green39 min
May 23, 11:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCoke, Irion, Sterling, Tom Green112 min
May 23, 11:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTColeman, Concho, McCulloch, Menard117 min
May 23, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCoke, Concho, Irion, McCulloch, Mason, Menard and 1 more62 min
May 23, 11:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green2 hr
May 24, 12:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Schleicher66 min
May 24, 12:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCrockett, Irion, Menard, Schleicher110 min
May 24, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett, Kimble, McCulloch, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton34 min
May 24, 1:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTConcho, McCulloch2 hr
May 24, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard42 min
May 24, 1:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCrockett, Kimble, Sutton2 hr
May 24, 1:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMenard3 hr
May 24, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTKimble4 hr
May 24, 2:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTKimble24 min
May 24, 2:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho3 hr
May 24, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMenard3 hr
May 24, 5:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho2 hr
May 24, 5:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTKimble2 hr
May 24, 7:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTConcho, Kimble, McCulloch, Menard3 hr
May 24, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford63 min
May 24, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTThrockmorton56 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.