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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 16, 20154 counties in Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2015, 5:11 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 4 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 16, 2015, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Apr 16, 5:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 E Lowake, TX
Apr 16, 5:38 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Rowena, TX
Apr 16, 5:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1	10 W Eden, TX
Apr 16, 5:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Paint Rock, TX

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 16, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

741 
WUUS54 KSJT 162211
SVRSJT
TXC083-095-399-451-162300-
/O.NEW.KSJT.SV.W.0021.150416T2211Z-150416T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
511 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COLEMAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  WESTERN CONCHO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHERN RUNNELS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH 
OF   VANCOURT...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL 
TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. AND DAMAGING WINDS.

 HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND PETS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VANCOURT AROUND 550 PM CDT.
  EOLA AROUND 600 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3117 10032 3170 10026 3170 10023 3172 10023
      3165 9961 3109 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 195DEG 10KT 3122 10018

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$
DANIELS

1 follow-up statement

377 
WWUS54 KSJT 162228
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
528 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

TXC083-095-399-451-162300-
/O.CON.KSJT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150416T2300Z/
RUNNELS TX-TOM GREEN TX-COLEMAN TX-CONCHO TX-
528 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
CONCHO...SOUTHWESTERN COLEMAN...EASTERN TOM GREEN AND SOUTHERN
RUNNELS COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 527 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF 
VANCOURT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER 
SIZE HAIL IN LOWAKE AT 522 PM CDT. 

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VANCOURT AROUND 555 PM CDT.
  EOLA AROUND 600 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3117 10032 3170 10026 3170 10023 3172 10023
      3165 9961 3109 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 195DEG 10KT 3127 10017

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$
DANIELS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 7:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Tom Green	44 min
Apr 16, 11:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Mason	39 min
Apr 16, 12:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	San Saba	36 min
Apr 16, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	San Saba	43 min
Apr 16, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Kimble	27 min
Apr 16, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Sutton	48 min
Apr 16, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Runnels	25 min
Apr 16, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Nolan	23 min
Apr 16, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Kimble	33 min
Apr 16, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Nolan	48 min
Apr 16, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	25 min
Apr 16, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Runnels	36 min
Apr 16, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard	47 min
Apr 16, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor	45 min
Apr 16, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	36 min
Apr 16, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan	48 min
Apr 16, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	47 min
Apr 16, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Jones	45 min
Apr 16, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	31 min
Apr 16, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Runnels	30 min
Apr 16, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho	29 min
Apr 16, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green	41 min
Apr 16, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Nolan	30 min
Apr 16, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher, Nolan	51 min
Apr 16, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	50 min
Apr 16, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	56 min
Apr 16, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Haskell	42 min
Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Jones	41 min
Apr 16, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman, Runnels	38 min
Apr 16, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher, Nolan	48 min
Apr 16, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman, Concho, Runnels, Tom Green	47 min
Apr 16, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor	48 min
Apr 16, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell	48 min
Apr 16, 6:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Coleman, Concho, Runnels, Tom Green	117 min
Apr 16, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Throckmorton	41 min
Apr 16, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	31 min
Apr 16, 6:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Fisher, Nolan	118 min
Apr 16, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho	27 min
Apr 16, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho	26 min
Apr 16, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Taylor	36 min
Apr 16, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Taylor	34 min
Apr 16, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	49 min
Apr 16, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton	47 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.