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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 16, 2015Fisher County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2015, 4:13 PM CDT for Fisher County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 16, 2015, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Fisher County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2015-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 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 2015-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-316 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 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 16, 4:06 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 4:06 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 2:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
219 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-171930-
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-
219 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS
MOST OF THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE WITH
THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
EVENING...AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:27 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:39 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 16, 4:10 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 7:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTom Green44 min
Apr 16, 11:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMason39 min
Apr 16, 12:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba36 min
Apr 16, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba43 min
Apr 16, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTKimble27 min
Apr 16, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Sutton48 min
Apr 16, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels25 min
Apr 16, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTNolan23 min
Apr 16, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTKimble33 min
Apr 16, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTNolan48 min
Apr 16, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard25 min
Apr 16, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels36 min
Apr 16, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard47 min
Apr 16, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor45 min
Apr 16, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher36 min
Apr 16, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan48 min
Apr 16, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones45 min
Apr 16, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard31 min
Apr 16, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels30 min
Apr 16, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho29 min
Apr 16, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green41 min
Apr 16, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTNolan30 min
Apr 16, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan51 min
Apr 16, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher50 min
Apr 16, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard56 min
Apr 16, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, Runnels, Tom Green49 min
Apr 16, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTHaskell42 min
Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones41 min
Apr 16, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels38 min
Apr 16, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan48 min
Apr 16, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, Runnels, Tom Green47 min
Apr 16, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor48 min
Apr 16, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell48 min
Apr 16, 6:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTColeman, Concho, Runnels, Tom Green117 min
Apr 16, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Throckmorton41 min
Apr 16, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher31 min
Apr 16, 6:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTFisher, Nolan118 min
Apr 16, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho27 min
Apr 16, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho26 min
Apr 16, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor36 min
Apr 16, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor34 min
Apr 16, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher49 min
Apr 16, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.