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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2016, 5:43 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 8, 2016, 5:43 PM CST (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2016, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kimble County, TX, Menard County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sutton County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 2132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
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 Mar 8, 3:40 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 3:40 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 314 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-092115- 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- 314 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY EAST OF A SWEETWATER TO OZONA LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH A BRIEF TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 8, 2:19 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 405 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 TXZ071-082230- IRION TX- 405 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN TOM GREEN...EASTERN IRION AND NORTHEASTERN CROCKETT COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CST... AT 405 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARDEN TO NEAR MERTZON TO 9 MILES EAST OF BARNHART...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MERTZON AROUND 410 PM CST. SHERWOOD AROUND 420 PM CST. ARDEN AROUND 430 PM CST. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE US- 67 NEAR THE IRION-TOM GREEN COUNTY LINE. LAT...LON 3108 10116 3136 10110 3152 10069 3109 10069 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 221DEG 20KT 3126 10090 3123 10085 3112 10101
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 4:32 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
432 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
TXZ071-076-082300-
CROCKETT TX-IRION TX-
432 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SCHLEICHER...
NORTHWESTERN TOM GREEN...IRION AND NORTHEASTERN CROCKETT COUNTIES
UNTIL 500 PM CST...
AT 432 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BARNHART TO 8 MILES WEST OF
OZONA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
SCHLEICHER...NORTHWESTERN TOM GREEN...IRION AND NORTHEASTERN CROCKETT
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: THE INTERSECTION OF U.S
190 AND HIGHWAY 163.
LAT...LON 3081 10153 3108 10135 3108 10127 3118 10128
3148 10107 3148 10069 3120 10079 3108 10096
3064 10122
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 199DEG 26KT 3119 10103 3076 10134Special weather statement, Mar 8, 4:46 PM CST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 446 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 TXZ078-082315- SUTTON TX- 446 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SUTTON COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CST... AT 446 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTH OF SONORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN SUTTON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: THE INTERSECTION OF US-277 AND RANCH ROAD 189 AND US-277 NEAR THE SUTTON-EDWARDS COUNTY LINE. LAT...LON 3029 10053 3029 10084 3057 10072 3049 10038 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 208DEG 28KT 3032 10071
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 12:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Crockett | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett, Irion | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 1:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett, Irion, Schleicher, Tom Green | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 1:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Crockett | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 2:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Irion, Tom Green | 40 min |
| Mar 8, 2:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Sutton | 53 min |
| Mar 8, 2:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Coke | 58 min |
| Mar 8, 2:55 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Irion, Tom Green | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Concho, Runnels, Tom Green | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 3:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Taylor | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 3:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Schleicher, Sutton | 40 min |
| Mar 8, 3:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton | 56 min |
| Mar 8, 3:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Concho, Runnels | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 4:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Taylor | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 4:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Kimble, Menard | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 4:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, San Saba | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 5:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman, McCulloch, San Saba | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 5:38 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Brown | 67 min |
| Mar 8, 5:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Mason | 58 min |
| Mar 8, 6:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 6:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 7:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 42 min |
| Mar 8, 4:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Irion | 25 min |
| Mar 8, 4:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Irion | 28 min |
| Mar 8, 4:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Sutton | 29 min |
| Mar 8, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sutton | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 5:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Sterling | 24 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.