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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 1, 2013Haskell County, Throckmorton County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2013, 8:45 PM CDT for Haskell County, Throckmorton County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
Apr 1, 2013, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2013, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Haskell County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 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 Apr 1, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
652 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013

.DISCUSSION...
SEE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT THE MOMENT. HOWEVER...MOISTURE WILL
SURGE BACK INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AND HAVE KEPT ROUGHLY THE
SAME TIMING FOR MVFR CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO OUR SOUTHERN
SITES...LIKELY AROUND 06Z. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD LAST INTO THE
LATE MORNING HOURS FOR MOST AREAS BEFORE LIFTING TO VFR HEIGHTS.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING AREAS SOUTH OF CHILDRESS...
AND HEADING SOUTHEAST INTO THE BIG COUNTRY...AND ARE STILL
EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE KABI TERMINAL AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...SO HAVE KEPT THE VCTS AND CB GROUPS IN AT KABI AS ITS
NOT GUARANTEED THAT ANY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL BE
ABLE TO AFFECT THE KABI SITE DIRECTLY. WILL AMEND THE TAF IF
NECESSARY AS THESE STORMS APPROACH TONIGHT. 20

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 310 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013/

SHORT TERM...
FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT SAGGED SOUTH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY...HAS LOST A
LOT OF ITS FOCUS...WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW ALLOWING LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE TO SURGE BACK NORTHWARD. DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S HAVE RETURNED
TO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...COMBINING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S TO
PRODUCE A FAIRLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS...WITH CAPES OF 500 TO 1500 J/KG.
BEST SURFACE FOCUS IS ACROSS THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS...WHERE A MUCH
STRONGER COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE PANHANDLE. MAY SEE A FEW
FAIRLY ISOLATED STORMS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY UNDER THE MAIN LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE PLUME...BUT MOST LIKELY ACTIVITY WILL BE FARTHER
NORTHWEST ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL
EXPAND TO THE SOUTHEAST...LIKELY MOVING INTO THE BIG COUNTRY THIS
EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BEST POPS ALREADY UP
THERE...AND SEE NO REASON TO MAKE ANY CHANGES AT THIS POINT.

APPROACH OF THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING LIFT ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA FOR TUESDAY...AS HAS BEEN FORECASTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS AS WELL...WITH BEST CHANCES ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. BUT SINCE THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS
THE AREA AS WELL...RAIN CHANCE WILL SPREAD SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY ON
TUESDAY. MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE FRONTAL
TIMING...ALTHOUGH NONE OF THE MODELS WILL PROBABLY HANDLE THE MIX OF
COLD FRONT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES PARTICULARLY WELL. HAVE GONE WITH
THE SLIGHTLY FASTER NAM SOLUTION ON FRONTAL TIMING...JUST WITH THE
ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH CONVECTION NORTH OF THE FRONT
TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF A BOOST ON TUESDAY.

07

LONG TERM...
THE MAIN HIGHLIGHT IS THE EXTENDED FORECAST IS THE POSSIBILITY OF
BENEFICIAL RAINFALL FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A COLD FRONT
WILL BE DRAPED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY IN THE EVENING TUESDAY. THE
EXACT LOCATION OF THE COLD FRONT WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WILL BE OCCURRING DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.
MY CURRENT FORECAST HAS THE FRONT JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AROUND
7PM...THEN SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE CAVEAT IS IF
OUTFLOW FROM CONVECTION ALONG THE BOUNDARY HELPS TO PUSH THE FRONT
MORE QUICKLY THROUGH THE AREA. FOR NOW...I HAVE SIDED CLOSER TO THE
SLIGHTLY SLOWER SOLUTION...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION ALONG AND
JUST BEHIND THE BOUNDARY...AND SCATTERED CONVECTION BEHIND AND AHEAD
OF THE FRONT. WITH THIS IN MIND...I INCREASED POPS TO CATEGORICAL
ACROSS MOST AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WITH LIKELY ELSEWHERE. I
EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH
SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT. WITH MODEST INSTABILITY IN
PLACE...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT I THINK HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.

AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW SWINGS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS
WEDNESDAY...AND THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH
AND EAST OF THE REGION...RAIN CHANCES WILL SLOWLY COME TO AN END
FROM WEST TO EAST. OVERCAST SKIES AND COLD AIR ADVECTION SHOULD MAKE
FOR A CHILLY DAY WEDNESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM
THE LOW 50S NORTH...TO THE LOW 60S SOUTH...AND THESE MAY NEED TO BE
KNOCKED DOWN A FEW DEGREES ON FUTURE SHIFTS. LOW TEMPERATURES ON
THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S ACROSS THE BIG
COUNTRY...TO THE LOW 40S ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR.

A SLOW WARM UP WILL ENSUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 80S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THE NEXT POTENT
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ASHORE THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST
SUNDAY...THEN DIVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE DESERT SOUTHWEST EARLY NEXT
WEEK. MODEL DIFFERENCES ARISE WITH THE EXACT TIMING AND STRENGTH OF
THIS SYSTEM...SO FOR NOW I MADE VERY MINOR CHANGES FOR DAYS 6 AND 7.
THIS SYSTEM COULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATING TO MUCH OF
THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK.

DANIELS

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE 	 59  65  47  53  38 /  60  70  70  50  20
SAN ANGELO 	 62  77  50  55  41 /  20  60  80  40  10
JUNCTION 	 64  78  56  62  46 /  20  50  80  60  10

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 2:01 PM CDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
201 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-021915-
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-
201 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTION OF
WES CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A SWEETWATER TO BROWNWOOD LINE. THESE STORMS
MAY EVENTUALLY SAG A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH OVERNIGHT...REACHING
INTO THE NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY AS WELL. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOP
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF REACHING SEVERE LEVELS...WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN IMPACTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THERE WILL
BE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS...AS A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS LIFTED UP AND OVER THE FRONT.
THE MAIN THREATS WILL AGAIN BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 1, 3:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
331 PM CDT MON APR 01 2013

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

0148 PM     HAIL             2 W ROOSEVELT           30.49N 100.09W
03/31/2013  E1.00 INCH       KIMBLE             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 2 MILES WEST
            OF ROOSEVELT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1300126

DANIELS
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
737 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013

TXZ098-020130-
HASKELL TX-
737 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
HASKELL COUNTY...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL...

AT 733 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF
O'BRIEN...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF HASKELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES...
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE...
  LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST...
  MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  O'BRIEN BY 755 PM CDT
  ROCHESTER AND RULE BY 800 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3340 9948 3305 9947 3305 9999 3340 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 314DEG 26KT 3341 10000

20
Local storm report, Apr 1, 8:41 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTHaskell53 min
Apr 1, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell54 min
Apr 1, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford55 min
Apr 1, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford, Throckmorton26 min
Apr 2, 12:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher36 min
Apr 2, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher32 min
Apr 2, 2:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTThrockmorton26 min
Apr 2, 5:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford26 min
Apr 2, 11:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba29 min
Apr 2, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba35 min
Apr 2, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMcCulloch29 min
Apr 2, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett30 min
Apr 2, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett25 min
Apr 2, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett42 min
Apr 2, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett41 min
Apr 2, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTIrion32 min

Nearby

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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.