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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 30, 2013Taylor County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2013, 10:52 PM CDT for Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 30, 2013, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2013, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Taylor County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
5055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 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 Apr 30, 7:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 7:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
720 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2013

.DISCUSSION...

THE LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... EXPECT TO SEE STRATUS
RETURN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SOUTHEAST FLOW WITH MVFR
CIGS POSSIBLE.  CURRENT STORMS OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS
SHOULD STAY NORTH OF ABI.

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 358 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2013/

.SHORT TERM...
TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90 DEGREES UNDER
CLEAR SKIES. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS CONTINUES TO
SLOWLY WORK EASTWARD...WITH SUBSIDENCE EVIDENT ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS.
TO OUR WEST...AFTERNOON HEATING HAS RESULTED IN CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS AREAS OF HIGHER TERRAIN AND ALONG THE DRYLINE WEST OF
LUBBOCK.

HAVE GONE AHEAD AND INSERTED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN CROCKETT
COUNTY FOR THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN
THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE RIVER...AND A DECENT CU FIELD
HAS ALSO DEVELOPED ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS JUST WEST OF THE
NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTO THE NORTHERN
EDWARDS PLATEAU CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IT/S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION
THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD MIGRATE FARTHER EAST...BUT WITH LOW
CONFIDENCE IN DEVELOPMENT AND COVERAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TAKING
PLACE...WILL NOT SPREAD COVERAGE FARTHER EAST INTO SUTTON AND
SCHLEICHER COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE AS THE SUN SETS
LATER. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED IF THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOP...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
POSSIBLE.

FARTHER NORTH...THE DRYLINE HAS TIGHTENED UP AND IS SHOWING SIGNS
THAT CONVECTION MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG IT. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE WITH THIS DRYLINE SHOULD BE SPARSE...AND MOST OF THE
ACTIVITY SHOULD BE TOO FAR WEST TO AFFECT COUNTIES IN OUR FORECAST
AREA BEFORE IT DISSIPATES LATER THIS EVENING.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH LOWS FALLING INTO THE
LOWER 60S AREA WIDE AS WARM...MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES.

FOR WEDNESDAY...THE COLD FRONT THAT HAS BEEN ANTICIPATED FOR SOME
TIME WILL MAKE ITS WAY TOWARD THE AREA. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...HOT
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 2/3 OF THE AREA AS A
DRYLINE MOVES EAST INTO THE AREA AND COMPRESSIONAL HEATING OUT AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT TAKES PLACE. HAVE WARMED HIGHS IN THE CONCHO
VALLEY INTO THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 IN SOME LOCATIONS. WE MAY SEE
SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...MAINLY
ACROSS THE EASTERN BIG COUNTRY...IF THE FRONT CAN MAKE A STRONG PUSH
INTO THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

.LONG TERM...
CURRENT WEATHER...ALOFT...TROF DEVELOPING ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS.
WEAKER FLOW ACROSS TEXAS WITH SUBSIDENCE. AT THE SURFACE...COLD
FRONT FROM THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH
SECONDARY ARCTIC FRONT ACROSS MONTANA AND NORTH DAKOTA.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...THESE WEATHER FEATURES WILL
PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE MAIN STORY WILL
BE MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG
WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS UPPER LEVEL TROF AMPLIFIES OVER
THE PLAINS. THE FRONT WILL EXIT THE AREA BY 3 AM THURSDAY...WITH
NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 40 TO 50
DEGREES COLDER ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE COLD AND BREEZY
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. LOWS WILL BE 35 TO 40. RECORD LOWS FOR
SAN ANGELO AND ABILENE WILL BE IN JEOPARDY FRIDAY MORNING.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF RAIN MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
SCATTERED TSTMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF A SAN
ANGELO TO BROWNWOOD LINE WHERE BEST INSTABILITY WILL EXIST. THE
0-6KM SHEAR PROFILE WILL BE WEAK ACROSS OUR AREA. A STORM OR TWO MAY
REACH SEVERE LEVELS...WITH LARGE HAIL MAIN THREAT. LOOK FOR
SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY...WITH ACTIVITY
FALLING APART BY LATE AFTERNOON.

FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. WINDS WILL DIE OFF BY FRIDAY. HIGHS WILL
MODERATE FRIDAY DUE TO SOME SUNSHINE BY AFTERNOON. HIGHS WILL BE
MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT DUE TO GOOD
RADIATIONAL COOLING. LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. THE
NAM MOS GUIDANCE IS GOING WITH A LOW OF 32 AT JUNCTION FOR SATURDAY
MORNING.

SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...EXPECT A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE
PERIOD...WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE GFS
MODEL IS INDICATING AN UPPER LEVEL TROF UNDERCUTTING A RIDGE OVER
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. SOME OF THIS ENERGY MAY MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AS A DRYLINE DEVELOPS TO OUR WEST. FORECAST
CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IS
CURRENTLY IN SEVERE OR GREATER DROUGHT CONDITIONS. KEEPING THE
FORECAST DRY FOR NOW.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE 	 65  87  42  49  38 /  10  20  50  30   5
SAN ANGELO 	 65  97  46  49  39 /  10  10  40  30   5
JUNCTION 	 66  93  49  51  38 /   5  10  50  40   5

&&

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

20/21
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 3:26 PM CDT, 7 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
326 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2013

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-012030-
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-
326 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE
NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF A STRONG
COLD FRONT. CONDITIONS MAY BECOME FAVORABLE FOR A FEW OF THE
STORMS TO STRENGTHEN TO SEVERE LEVELS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 10:21 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 10:30 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1030 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2013

TXZ054-127-010430-
NOLAN TX-TAYLOR TX-
1030 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR NOLAN
COUNTY...
TAYLOR COUNTY...

AT 1027 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF NOLAN...OR ABOUT
15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SWEETWATER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAPPY VALLEY BY 1130 PM CDT

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER
ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 3:49 PM CDTFreeze WatchSJTBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more23 hr
May 1, 3:49 PM CDTWind AdvisorySJTBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more27 hr
May 1, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher49 min
May 1, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSchleicher67 min
May 1, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels37 min
May 1, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher31 min
May 1, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton62 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.