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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 24, 2015Coke County, Runnels County, Taylor County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2015, 2:59 PM CDT for Coke County, Runnels County, Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 24, 2015, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Coke County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Taylor County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2015-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 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 24, 2:17 PM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:17 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 2:59 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
259 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-252000-
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-
259 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH
THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 10 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW PERHAPS REACHING SEVERE LEVELS...WILL
AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 1:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 24, 2:49 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
249 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0238 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROBERT LEE              31.89N 100.48W
04/24/2015                   COKE               TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            RESIDENTIAL ROOFS DAMAGED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1500172

DOLL
Local storm report, Apr 24, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
257 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0257 PM     HAIL             4 N BRONTE              31.94N 100.30W
04/24/2015  E1.75 INCH       COKE               TX   STORM CHASER

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1500173

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 9:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSterling45 min
Apr 24, 10:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTNolan24 min
Apr 24, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTHaskell, Jones28 min
Apr 24, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCoke26 min
Apr 24, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Runnels44 min
Apr 24, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTIrion32 min
Apr 24, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCoke39 min
Apr 24, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels45 min
Apr 24, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor45 min
Apr 24, 3:36 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor24 min
Apr 24, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels30 min
Apr 24, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTom Green51 min
Apr 24, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman49 min
Apr 24, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green45 min
Apr 24, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman51 min
Apr 24, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, Runnels, Tom Green50 min
Apr 24, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTom Green40 min
Apr 24, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman40 min
Apr 24, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSchleicher33 min
Apr 24, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTom Green31 min
Apr 24, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho30 min
Apr 24, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown39 min
Apr 24, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMcCulloch36 min
Apr 24, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMcCulloch41 min
Apr 24, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown37 min
Apr 24, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard30 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.