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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 8, 20164 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2132 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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 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, Mar 8, 3:14 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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, Mar 8, 4:05 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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 10134
Special 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 12:26 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett49 min
Mar 8, 12:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Irion49 min
Mar 8, 1:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Irion, Schleicher, Tom Green65 min
Mar 8, 1:47 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett43 min
Mar 8, 2:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Irion, Tom Green40 min
Mar 8, 2:37 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSutton53 min
Mar 8, 2:47 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCoke58 min
Mar 8, 2:55 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTIrion, Tom Green3 hr
Mar 8, 3:00 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho, Runnels, Tom Green60 min
Mar 8, 3:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor46 min
Mar 8, 3:20 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSchleicher, Sutton40 min
Mar 8, 3:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton56 min
Mar 8, 3:58 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho, Runnels62 min
Mar 8, 4:02 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor43 min
Mar 8, 4:21 AM CSTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Menard24 min
Mar 8, 4:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, San Saba61 min
Mar 8, 5:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman, McCulloch, San Saba46 min
Mar 8, 5:38 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown67 min
Mar 8, 5:47 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMason58 min
Mar 8, 6:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba46 min
Mar 8, 6:58 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba62 min
Mar 8, 7:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba65 min
Mar 8, 3:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett42 min
Mar 8, 4:05 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTIrion25 min
Mar 8, 4:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTIrion28 min
Mar 8, 4:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSutton29 min
Mar 8, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton45 min
Mar 8, 5:51 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSterling24 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.