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Tornado Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2015, 2:32 PM CDT for Brown County, Callahan County, Coleman County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2015, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2015, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coleman County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:42 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Cross Cut, TX | |
| Apr 26, 2:51 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Burkett, TX | DPS ABILENE REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF BURKETT. |
| Apr 26, 2:51 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Burkett, TX | DPS ABILENE REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST OF BURKETT. |
| Apr 26, 2:56 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 5 S Cross Plains, TX | |
| Apr 26, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Cross Cut, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
054
WFUS54 KSJT 261932
TORSJT
TXC049-059-083-262015-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0013.150426T1932Z-150426T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
232 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN COLEMAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 229 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURKETT...AND MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BURKETT AROUND 245 PM CDT.
CROSS PLAINS AND CROSS CUT AROUND 305 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3197 9913 3198 9939 3209 9961 3228 9944
3232 9912 3216 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 252DEG 19KT 3206 9934
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
879
WWUS54 KSJT 261945
SVSSJT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
245 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015
TXC049-059-083-262015-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150426T2015Z/
COLEMAN TX-CALLAHAN TX-BROWN TX-
245 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BROWN...
SOUTHEASTERN CALLAHAN AND NORTHEASTERN COLEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM
CDT...
AT 243 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BURKETT...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CROSS PLAINS AND CROSS CUT AROUND 305 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3197 9913 3198 9939 3229 9936 3232 9912
3216 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 252DEG 19KT 3208 9927
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Jones | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Coleman | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Haskell | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Jones | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Jones, Shackelford | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Jones, Shackelford | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Jones | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford, Throckmorton | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Throckmorton | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Jones | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Jones, Shackelford | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Callahan | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Taylor | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Taylor | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Jones, Shackelford, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Brown | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford, Throckmorton | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones, Taylor | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Jones | 55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.