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Tornado Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 27, 2014San Saba County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2014, 4:38 PM CDT for San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2014, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County San Saba County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 4:40 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 Sse Chappel, TXCHASER PHOTO OF FUNNEL CLOUD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 12:00Z on 2014-05-27Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

161 
WFUS54 KSJT 272138
TORSJT
TXC411-272215-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0013.140527T2138Z-140527T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
438 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SAN SABA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 435 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAPPEL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
  SAN SABA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3093 9870 3120 9856 3119 9855 3115 9852
      3112 9854 3111 9853 3112 9850 3108 9846
      3106 9847 3105 9845 3092 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 287DEG 17KT 3101 9856

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
081 
WWUS54 KSJT 272153
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
453 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

TXC411-272215-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140527T2215Z/
SAN SABA TX-
453 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN SAN SABA
COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 450 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAPPEL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SAN SABA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3093 9862 3112 9850 3108 9846 3106 9847
      3105 9845 3092 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 307DEG 14KT 3097 9850

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan51 min
May 26, 7:11 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSJTCoke, Sterling, Tom Green49 min
May 26, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan52 min
May 26, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSterling46 min
May 26, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Sterling, Tom Green52 min
May 26, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels34 min
May 26, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Irion, Sterling, Tom Green50 min
May 26, 8:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSterling3 hr
May 26, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels38 min
May 26, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green63 min
May 26, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor66 min
May 26, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green63 min
May 26, 9:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green3 hr
May 26, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman63 min
May 26, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion60 min
May 26, 10:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTRunnels3 hr
May 26, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Runnels, Tom Green51 min
May 26, 10:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTColeman2 hr
May 26, 10:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTBrown118 min
May 26, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan52 min
May 26, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho, McCulloch57 min
May 26, 11:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green3 hr
May 26, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTIrion32 min
May 26, 11:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTConcho, McCulloch2 hr
May 26, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSchleicher25 min
May 26, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMcCulloch56 min
May 27, 12:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSchleicher35 min
May 27, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard40 min
May 27, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard45 min
May 27, 2:07 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTTom Green3 hr
May 27, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason63 min
May 27, 5:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTBrown2 hr
May 27, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTThrockmorton24 min
May 27, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown33 min
May 27, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba29 min
May 27, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown39 min
May 27, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba52 min
May 27, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba49 min
May 27, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba35 min
May 27, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown25 min
May 27, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba29 min
May 27, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.