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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 26, 2015Jones County, Taylor County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2015, 6:34 PM CDT for Jones County, Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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 26, 2015, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jones County, TX, Taylor County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 1:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 2015-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 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 2015-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-237 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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 26, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 1:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
128 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-271830-
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-
128 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS WILL BECOME
SEVERE...ALONG AND EAST OF A SWEETWATER TO SAN ANGELO TO SONORA
LINE. THE STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS AND MOST INTENSE ACROSS
THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...INCLUDING THE EASTERN BIG COUNTRY AND HEARTLAND. THE
STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING A FEW
TORNADOES...HAIL LARGER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS.
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE A THREAT FOR ANY STORM AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY
OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:43 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:57 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones26 min
Apr 26, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Jones39 min
Apr 26, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTColeman26 min
Apr 26, 1:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTHaskell24 min
Apr 26, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor49 min
Apr 26, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTJones25 min
Apr 26, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell48 min
Apr 26, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton66 min
Apr 26, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTJones, Shackelford28 min
Apr 26, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman43 min
Apr 26, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell23 min
Apr 26, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTJones, Shackelford47 min
Apr 26, 2:49 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSJTBrown, Coleman26 min
Apr 26, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTBrown23 min
Apr 26, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones51 min
Apr 26, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton49 min
Apr 26, 3:21 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSJTBrown24 min
Apr 26, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones41 min
Apr 26, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford, Throckmorton53 min
Apr 26, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Throckmorton46 min
Apr 26, 3:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTFisher, Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton3 hr
Apr 26, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton48 min
Apr 26, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones38 min
Apr 26, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones, Shackelford58 min
Apr 26, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell53 min
Apr 26, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton37 min
Apr 26, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan36 min
Apr 26, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor33 min
Apr 26, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton67 min
Apr 26, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor32 min
Apr 26, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor41 min
Apr 26, 5:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTJones, Shackelford, Taylor3 hr
Apr 26, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown31 min
Apr 26, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford, Throckmorton57 min
Apr 26, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman28 min
Apr 26, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones55 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.