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Special Weather Statement, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 23, 2015Menard County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2015, 3:21 PM CDT for Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2015, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX

County Menard County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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, 8.4 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.

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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: 2727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 8.5

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 23, 12:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 12:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 2:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
209 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-241915-
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-
209 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON SUNDAY...WITH A CONTINUED
THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. A
FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF A THROCKMORTON
TO JUNCTION LINE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN
THREAT.

ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 1:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
158 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

TXZ073-154-168-231930-
MCCULLOCH TX-MENARD TX-CONCHO TX-
158 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
MCCULLOCH...MENARD AND CONCHO COUNTIES...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

AT 156 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MELVIN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MENARD...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES...
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY...
  A FEW LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THE INTERSECTION OF US-87 AND RANCH ROAD 2134 BY 205 PM CDT
  MELVIN BY 210 PM CDT
  SALT GAP BY 220 PM CDT
  PEAR VALLEY...DOOLE AND LOHN BY 230 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3146 9972 3132 9928 3098 9961 3106 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 207DEG 28KT 3112 9965

Special weather statement, May 23, 2:21 PM CDT, 1 hour before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
221 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

TXZ168-169-231945-
KIMBLE TX-MENARD TX-
221 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR KIMBLE
AND MENARD COUNTIES...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

AT 218 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CLEO...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES...
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY...
  A FEW LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THE INTERSECTION OF US-83 AND RANCH ROAD 1773...US-83 NEAR THE
  KIMBLE-MENARD COUNTY LINE AND THE INTERSECTION OF US-83 AND HIGHWAY
  29 BY 245 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3066 10012 3068 10011 3104 9990 3067 9952
      3053 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 229DEG 26KT 3066 9997

Special weather statement, May 23, 3:00 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
300 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

TXZ073-139-154-232030-
MCCULLOCH TX-COLEMAN TX-CONCHO TX-
300 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
MCCULLOCH...COLEMAN AND CONCHO COUNTIES...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

AT 257 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF THE INTERSECTION OF US-190 AND RANCH ROAD 1311...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
WEST OF BRADY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  SOME BROKEN SMALL TREE BRANCHES...
  DEADLY LIGHTNING...
  LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
  HAIL AND WIND MAY COMBINE TO PRODUCE MINOR INJURY TO PLANTS AND
  MINOR DAMAGE TO EASILY BREAKABLE OBJECTS...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MELVIN AND BRADY LAKE BY 315 PM CDT
  PEAR VALLEY...LOHN AND SALT GAP BY 330 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3105 9961 3109 9960 3109 9963 3155 9970
      3145 9909 3143 9909 3095 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 192DEG 22KT 3109 9954

Special weather statement, May 23, 3:17 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
317 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

TXZ140-232045-
BROWN TX-
317 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR BROWN
COUNTY...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
HEAVY RAINFALL
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

AT 314 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CAMP BOWIE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EARLY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE OCCURRING! VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS OCCURRING AND LOCALIZE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
ALSO...MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  LOCALIZED SHORT DURATION POWER OUTAGES...
  LIGHTNING MAY CAUSE POSSIBLE INJURY OR DEATH TO PEOPLE REMAINING
  OUTDOORS...
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...POTENTIAL VEHICLE HYDROPLANING...
  ACCUMULATION OF WATER AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AVOID THESE AREAS...
  SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES...
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY...
  A FEW LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...

MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OWENS BY 330 PM CDT
  BLANKET BY 335 PM CDT

THIS INCLUDES THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS...
  CROSSINS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 286...
  COUNTY ROAD 323 CROSSING BLANKET CREEK...
  CR 321 CROSSING BLANKET CREEK BRANCH...
  COUNTY ROAD 362 CROSSING BLANKET CREEK...
AND OTHER LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE PORTIONS OF BROWN COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3168 9872 3168 9876 3164 9877 3157 9884
      3165 9903 3208 9894 3172 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 209DEG 28KT 3170 9888

Special weather statement, May 23, 3:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
321 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

TXZ073-154-168-232045-
MCCULLOCH TX-MENARD TX-CONCHO TX-
321 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
MCCULLOCH...MENARD AND CONCHO COUNTIES...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
HEAVY RAINFALL
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

AT 318 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE
INTERSECTION OF US-83 AND RANCH ROAD 1773...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH
OF MENARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE OCCURRING! VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS OCCURRING AND LOCALIZE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
ALSO...MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  FIRE IGNITED BY LIGHTNING...
  LOCALIZED SHORT DURATION POWER OUTAGES...
  LIGHTNING MAY CAUSE POSSIBLE INJURY OR DEATH TO PEOPLE REMAINING
  OUTDOORS...
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...POTENTIAL VEHICLE HYDROPLANING...
  ACCUMULATION OF WATER AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AVOID THESE AREAS...
  SOME BROKEN SMALL TREE BRANCHES...
  DEADLY LIGHTNING...
  LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
  HAIL AND WIND MAY COMBINE TO PRODUCE MINOR INJURY TO PLANTS AND
  MINOR DAMAGE TO EASILY BREAKABLE OBJECTS...

MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THE INTERSECTION OF US-83 AND HIGHWAY 29 BY 335 PM CDT
  MENARD BY 340 PM CDT
  US-190 NEAR THE MENARD-MCCULLOCH COUNTY LINE AND HEXT BY 345 PM CDT

THIS INCLUDES THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS...
  DECKER ST CROSSING SAN SABA RIVER...
  RANCH ROAD 2291 CROSSING LAS MORAS CREEK...
  MAHAN CROSSING TAYLOR BRANCH...
  CALLAN CROSSING...
  BLAU CROSSING...
AND OTHER LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE PORTIONS OF MCCULLOCH...MENARD
AND CONCHO COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3073 9988 3117 9980 3102 9936 3094 9943
      3094 9949 3088 9949 3071 9964 3071 9974
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 204DEG 21KT 3078 9973

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch	32 min
May 23, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	24 min
May 23, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch	30 min
May 23, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Brown	28 min
May 23, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Brown	24 min
May 23, 3:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Brown	64 min
May 23, 3:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Kimble, Menard	2 hr
May 23, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Mason	21 min
May 23, 5:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Mason	89 min
May 23, 5:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Kimble	4 hr
May 23, 5:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Mason, Menard	3 hr
May 23, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	25 min
May 23, 6:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Mason	85 min
May 23, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	25 min
May 23, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Taylor	30 min
May 23, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher, Nolan	37 min
May 23, 6:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	San Saba	2 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.