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Tornado Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 1, 2014, 8:01 PM CDT for Throckmorton County, Texas. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 1, 2014, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Throckmorton County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 S Throckmorton, TX | QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE ROAD 4 MILES SOUTH OF THROCKMORTON |
| Apr 1, 8:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 Nw Woodson, TX | HAIL FROM PEA SIZE TO GOLFBALL SIZE COVERING HIGHWAY 183 FROM THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 183 AND 283 6 MILES SOUTH OF THROCKMORTON TO WOODSON. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 858 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
787
WFUS54 KSJT 020101
TORSJT
TXC447-020130-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0002.140402T0101Z-140402T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
801 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL THROCKMORTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 800 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODSON...AND MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
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 CENTRAL
THROCKMORTON 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 3325 9895 3301 9897 3301 9934 3318 9932
3323 9918
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 272DEG 30KT 3307 9910
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
DOLL/MD1 follow-up statement
414
WWUS54 KSJT 020107
SVSSJT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
807 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014
TXC447-020130-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140402T0130Z/
THROCKMORTON TX-
807 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL THROCKMORTON
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 805 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN THROCKMORTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3301 9897 3301 9912 3314 9914 3317 9914
3319 9896
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 272DEG 30KT 3307 9905
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
DOLL/MDThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 26 min |
| Apr 1, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Throckmorton | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 5:42 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:12 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 13 more | 33 hr |
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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.