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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 284, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2015, 7:58 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- May 28, 2015, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2015, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Concho County, TX, Menard County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Tom Green County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 12:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 28, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 28, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 2419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
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 May 28, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 612 PM CDT Thu May 28 2015 .AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ Showers and thunderstorms will move across West Texas this evening. These thunderstorms will produce locally heavy rainfall...strong gusty winds and large hail. Most of the convection should shift east of the TAF sites by 05z. The extent of low cloud development after midnight is somewhat uncertain, given the expected mid/upper level cloud cover behind the forecast convection. At this time, MVFR ceilings were included at all sites, except KABI, beginning between 09z and 11z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 313 PM CDT Thu May 28 2015/ SHORT TERM... (Tonight and Friday) ..Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall will be possible overnight... The main concern through the next 24 hours is the potential for locally heavy rainfall and strong to severe thunderstorms. An upper level trough currently over the Desert Southwest will approach far West Texas this evening, with large scale lift overspreading West Central Texas. Showers and thunderstorms are developing across West Texas and the South Plains this afternoon and should eventually grow upscale into a mesoscale convective system (MCS) which is forecast to move east across the area late this afternoon and evening. The main concerns, especially through early this evening, are large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes will be possible, primarily along residual outflow boundaries. As we head into mid/late evening, the threat should transition to more of a heavy rain/wind threat as the MCS possibly becomes more of a bow echo. The other concern will be very heavy rainfall which may result in flash flooding. A flash flood watch remains in effect for most of West Central Texas through 7 AM Friday. The MCS will track east across the area this evening, with the majority of convection moving east of the region during the early morning hours. A few lingering showers and thunderstorms will be possible across mainly the eastern half of the area Friday morning. Highs on Friday will be near to slightly below seasonal normals, generally in the mid 80s. Daniels LONG TERM... (Friday night through Thursday) As a strong shortwave trough moves east across the Plains on Friday night, a cold front will sag south across the Lone Star State. Modest synoptic scale forcing for ascent will overspread the area Friday night into early Saturday, interacting with low- level forcing associated with the aforementioned cold front to produce widespread showers and thunderstorms across West Central TX. Rainfall amounts could be locally heavy, especially along/north of the Colorado River. Additional rainfall amounts exceeding 1 inch will be possible on already saturated ground, posing a flash flooding threat. Rainfall is expected to diminish from north to south by Saturday afternoon/evening, as slightly cooler and drier air advects into the CWA. Temperatures on Saturday will be affected by ongoing precipitation, with highs generally in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Cooler overnight lows are expected Saturday night, with temperatures falling into the lower 60s. It's not out of the question that some areas may dip into the 50s by sunrise, depending on the extent of cloud cover. By Sunday, we'll be under the influence of northerly flow aloft as a ridge builds over the southwest CONUS. Low PoPs were maintained over the southern half of the area on Sunday, although confidence is waning that we'll see anything develop in a generally subsident environment with little/no low-level forcing. This ridge will be a player in the forecast going through at least midweek. The medium range models are developing a cut-off upper- level cyclone over east TX early in the week. The ECMWF keeps this feature east of the Houston area, while the GFS slowly retrogrades the low back to the west toward central TX. Either way, we should remain on the subsident side of the cyclone with the mid-level ridge remaining the dominant feature. This should result in generally dry weather with temperatures creeping up toward 90 degrees. Overnight lows will be in the 60s. Johnson && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 67 84 65 79 60 / 80 30 60 60 20 San Angelo 67 87 67 80 62 / 80 20 40 60 30 Junction 68 85 69 82 63 / 70 30 30 60 40 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Friday morning FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: Brown...Callahan...Coke...Coleman...Concho...Crockett... Fisher...Haskell...Irion...Jones...Kimble...Mason...McCulloch... Menard...Nolan...Runnels...San Saba...Schleicher...Shackelford... Sterling...Sutton...Taylor...Throckmorton...Tom Green. && 99/99/99
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 1:04 PM CDT, 6 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 104 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-291100- 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- 104 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND EDWARDS PLATEAU THROUGH 8 PM. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO A HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE OVERNIGHT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TODAY TO 7 AM FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JOHNSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 28, 7:30 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
730 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
TXZ054-064>066-072-127-139-290115-
NOLAN TX-RUNNELS TX-STERLING TX-TAYLOR TX-TOM GREEN TX-COLEMAN TX-
COKE TX-
730 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NOLAN...RUNNELS...STERLING...TAYLOR...TOM GREEN...COLEMAN AND COKE
COUNTIES...
AT 729 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLACKWELL...MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS IS PROPAGATING SOUTH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HYLTON BY 740 PM CDT
MARYNEAL BY 750 PM CDT
NOLAN...THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 70 AND RANCH ROAD 53 AND CAMP
BUTMAN BY 815 PM CDT
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER
ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3238 9981 3162 9951 3163 10022 3169 10090
3209 10077 3209 10067 3236 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 200DEG 13KT 3212 10033
DANIELSLocal storm report, May 28, 7:36 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
736 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0735 PM TSTM WND GST 3 W SAN ANGELO 31.45N 100.50W
05/28/2015 E60 MPH TOM GREEN TX AMATEUR RADIO
&&
EVENT NUMBER SJT1500463
PMLocal storm report, May 28, 7:41 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
741 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM TSTM WND GST GRAPE CREEK 31.58N 100.55W
05/28/2015 M71 MPH TOM GREEN TX AMATEUR RADIO
&&
EVENT NUMBER SJT1500464
PMSpecial weather statement, May 28, 7:44 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 28, 7:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Coke, Irion, Sterling, Tom Green | 3 hr |
| May 28, 7:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Callahan, Nolan, Taylor | 3 hr |
| May 28, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Irion, Tom Green | 51 min |
| May 28, 7:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Crockett | 118 min |
| May 28, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green | 41 min |
| May 28, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Coke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor | 45 min |
| May 28, 7:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke, Irion, Runnels, Tom Green | 3 hr |
| May 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coleman | 61 min |
| May 28, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Runnels and 2 more | 38 min |
| May 28, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 2 hr |
| May 28, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Crockett, Schleicher | 49 min |
| May 28, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett, Schleicher, Sutton | 58 min |
| May 28, 8:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Concho, Menard, Schleicher | 116 min |
| May 28, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Brown, McCulloch | 45 min |
| May 28, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Concho, Menard | 42 min |
| May 28, 8:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Crockett, Sutton | 2 hr |
| May 28, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton | 47 min |
| May 28, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman, Concho, McCulloch, San Saba | 49 min |
| May 28, 9:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 3 hr |
| May 28, 9:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Brown | 3 hr |
| May 28, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard | 59 min |
| May 28, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason, Menard | 24 min |
| May 28, 9:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Kimble, Mason | 3 hr |
| May 28, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Brown, McCulloch, San Saba | 49 min |
| May 28, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mason | 31 min |
| May 28, 10:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason, Menard | 3 hr |
| May 28, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason | 52 min |
| May 28, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.