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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 9, 2013Kimble County, Menard County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2013, 6:43 PM CST for Kimble County, Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2013, 6:43 PM CST (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2013, 7:15 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kimble County, TX, Menard County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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
Mar 9, 1:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2013-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 450 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 2013-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

241 
WUUS54 KSJT 100043
SVRSJT
TXC267-327-100115-
/O.NEW.KSJT.SV.W.0021.130310T0043Z-130310T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
643 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL KIMBLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MENARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 640 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LONDON...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

  WITH POSSIBLE STORM IMPACTS...
  SOME TREE LIMB DAMAGE...WEAKENED TREES TOPPLED...
  UNSECURED LIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND...
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE...
  POTENTIALLY DEADLY LIGHTNING.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LONDON AND THE INTERSECTION OF US-377 AND RANCH ROAD 385 BY 705 PM
  CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3084 9964 3061 9949 3053 9982 3059 9988
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 244DEG 32KT 3058 9981

WIND...60-70 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement
329 
WWUS54 KSJT 100051
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
651 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

TXC267-327-100115-
/O.CON.KSJT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130310T0115Z/
KIMBLE TX-MENARD TX-
651 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MENARD AND NORTH CENTRAL KIMBLE COUNTIES...

AT 648 PM CST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
THE INTERSECTION OF US-377 AND RANCH ROAD 385...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF
JUNCTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

  WITH POSSIBLE STORM IMPACTS...
  VEHICLE DINGS...
  MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...
  DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS...
  LIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LONDON AND THE INTERSECTION OF US-377 AND RANCH ROAD 385 BY 705 PM
  CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3057 9976 3061 9980 3084 9964 3061 9949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 244DEG 32KT 3062 9973

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 6:03 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTBrown, McCulloch, San Saba117 min
Mar 9, 6:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble34 min
Mar 9, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, McCulloch, San Saba40 min
Mar 9, 6:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Menard32 min
Mar 9, 6:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSutton28 min
Mar 9, 6:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard38 min
Mar 9, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard, Sutton49 min
Mar 9, 7:05 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTKimble25 min
Mar 9, 7:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Menard37 min
Mar 9, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch29 min
Mar 9, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba10 min
Mar 9, 7:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason49 min
Mar 9, 7:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba25 min
Mar 9, 7:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch25 min
Mar 9, 7:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard43 min
Mar 9, 8:06 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTKimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, San Saba, Sutton114 min
Mar 9, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, San Saba51 min
Mar 9, 8:24 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Mason, Menard36 min
Mar 9, 8:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason29 min
Mar 9, 8:51 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Mason24 min
Mar 9, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble32 min
Mar 9, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason30 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.