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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 27, 2015Kimble County, Menard County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2015, 6:38 PM CDT for Kimble County, Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 27, 2015, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kimble County, TX, Menard County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3197 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
13.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Runnels50 min
May 26, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels35 min
May 26, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCallahan23 min
May 26, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels35 min
May 26, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford40 min
May 26, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor44 min
May 26, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford49 min
May 26, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor35 min
May 26, 9:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford37 min
May 26, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown29 min
May 26, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown47 min
May 26, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown52 min
May 27, 12:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTBrown3 hr
May 27, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown36 min
May 27, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTColeman29 min
May 27, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown34 min
May 27, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman38 min
May 27, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason34 min
May 27, 3:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTMason114 min
May 27, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown25 min
May 27, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMason33 min
May 27, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason, Menard37 min
May 27, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard49 min
May 27, 5:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTMason, Menard83 min
May 27, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch, Menard40 min
May 27, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason, Menard51 min
May 27, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard38 min
May 27, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMason29 min
May 27, 6:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTMenard83 min
May 27, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard31 min
May 27, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels25 min
May 27, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard34 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.