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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 4, 2013Fisher County, Jones County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2013, 8:55 PM CDT for Fisher County, Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
Jun 4, 2013, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2013, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fisher County, TX, Jones County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 312 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 743 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
743 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Jun 4, 6:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
607 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013

.AVIATION...
/00Z UPDATE/

VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHERLY THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH GUSTS
OF 15-20KT OVER THE NORTHERN TERMINALS AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
AROUND 15KT AFTER MIDNIGHT AT THE SOUTHERN TERMINALS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE 	 74 102  69  86  67 /  20  10  30  20  30
SAN ANGELO 	 74 104  71  93  68 /  10  10  20  20  40
JUNCTION 	 70  99  71  94  72 /  10   5  10  10  30

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 2:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
256 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-052000-
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-
256 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG A DRYLINE
JUST WEST OF THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY...BETWEEN 5 PM AND
8 PM. THE STEERING FLOW ALOFT WOULD ALLOW ANY STORMS WHICH DEVELOP
TO MOVE EAST INTO PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND
CROCKETT COUNTY THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY
BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH DEADLY
LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...
MAINLY ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY.
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO A COMPLEX AND MOVE SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THESE AREAS DURING THE NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS...ALONG WITH
DEADLY LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY...
ACROSS VARIOUS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND
EARLY TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEDED
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
513 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013

TXZ049-042245-
FISHER TX-
513 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR FISHER
COUNTY...

AT 510 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 6 MILES NORTH OF HOBBS...OR ABOUT 20
MILES NORTHEAST OF SNYDER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  NORTHWESTERN FISHER COUNTY.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3277 10050 3277 10066 3296 10066 3297 10065
      3297 10059 3297 10046 3297 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 265DEG 18KT 3287 10061

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
601 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013

TXZ049-042330-
FISHER TX-
601 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR FISHER
COUNTY...

AT 600 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROTAN...OR ABOUT
23 MILES WEST OF HAMLIN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROTAN BY 610 PM CDT

LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3296 10027 3276 10025 3283 10062 3297 10063
      3297 10040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 269DEG 16KT 3289 10052

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
650 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013

TXZ098-099-050015-
HASKELL TX-THROCKMORTON TX-
650 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES...

AT 645 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES EAST OF WEINERT...OR ABOUT 14
MILES NORTHEAST OF HASKELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  IRBY BY 700 PM CDT

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3338 9932 3311 9941 3328 9970 3339 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 297DEG 17KT 3330 9953

JOHNSON
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:16 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Throckmorton43 min
Jun 4, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Jones38 min
Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones46 min
Jun 4, 8:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTFisher, Jones117 min
Jun 4, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Jones39 min
Jun 4, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Jones34 min
Jun 4, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor41 min
Jun 4, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Jones, Nolan, Taylor61 min
Jun 4, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor41 min
Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTUpton35 min
Jun 5, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.