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Tornado Warning 39, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2015, 9:59 PM CDT for Mason County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 28, 2015, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2015, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Mason County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
539
WFUS54 KSJT 290259
TORSJT
TXC319-290330-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0039.150529T0259Z-150529T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
959 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 957 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG MOUNTAIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
STREETER AROUND 1005 PM CDT.
GRIT AROUND 1015 PM CDT.
MASON AROUND 1025 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 29
AND RANCH ROAD 1222 AND KOOCKVILLE.
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 3083 9948 3094 9927 3094 9922 3066 9918
3066 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 270DEG 25KT 3075 9944
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
JOHNSON1 follow-up statement
363
WWUS54 KSJT 290310
SVSSJT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1010 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
TXC319-290330-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150529T0330Z/
MASON TX-
1010 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY
UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...
AT 1008 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR STREETER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MASON AROUND 1025 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KOOCKVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3081 9944 3094 9927 3094 9922 3066 9918
3066 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 275DEG 26KT 3073 9934
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green | 47 min |
| 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, 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.