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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 1, 2013Schleicher County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2013, 5:41 PM CDT for Schleicher County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 1, 2013, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Schleicher County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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
May 1, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 430 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 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
430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-471 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2324 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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 1, 5:13 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 5:13 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 3:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
354 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-022100-
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-
354 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. A FEW OF
THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH
NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45
MPH. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FROM
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

MUCH COLDER CONDITIONS WILL ALSO FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT FOR
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. BY FRIDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES MAY
FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
WITH COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS AND PETS SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS...
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ANY APPROPRIATE ACTIONS. A FREEZE WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR FRIDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
252 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-021200-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...BALLINGER...WINTERS...
MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...EDEN...OZONA...ELDORADO...SONORA...
HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN...
ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS...COLEMAN...
BROWNWOOD...BRADY...SAN SABA...MENARD...JUNCTION...MASON
252 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

...VERY COLD AIR HEADED INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG
AND BEHIND THE FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE
STORMS COULD STRENGTHEN TO SEVERE LEVELS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

BEHIND THE FRONT ON THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE 40 TO 50
DEGREES COLDER THAN TODAYS. LITTLE WARM UP IS EXPECTED...WITH
STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD
AIR...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH
POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...AND WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST TO WEST
ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 10 AND 20.

TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S FRIDAY MORNING.
A FREEZE IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RIVER VALLEYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS COLD FRONT.
Local storm report, May 1, 5:29 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
529 PM CDT WED MAY 01 2013

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

0950 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SWEETWATER              32.47N 100.41W
04/30/2013                   NOLAN              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES KNOCKED DOWN ON TOP OF CARS. UNTILITY
            POLES WERE ALSO KNOCKED DOWN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1300147

DOLL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor38 min
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, 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

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.