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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 11, 2016Fisher County, Jones County, Taylor County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2016, 11:39 PM CDT for Fisher County, Jones County, Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
May 11, 2016, 11:39 PM CDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2016, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fisher County, TX, Jones County, TX, Taylor County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 106 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 11, 7:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service SAN ANGELO TX
705 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

.AVIATION...
/00Z TAFS/

Thunderstorms will continue across much of the Big Country this
evening. The KABI terminal may be affected during the next few
hours, but it looks like most of the convection will remain north
and east of KABI. Additional thunderstorms are possible later
tonight through the early morning at least indicated high res
models. Going with TEMPO groups for TSRA at KABI/KSJT for a few
hours. Otherwise, stratus will develop by Thursday morning and
have MVFR ceilings by 08Z to 11Z.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 313 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016/

SHORT TERM...
(Tonight and Thursday)

Weak front has sagged into the northern Big Country this afternoon,
with visible satellite showing the boundary draped across Haskell
and Throckmorton Counties. Much drier behind the boundary, but ahead
of the boundary low level instability is increasing with CAPE values
above 3000 j/kg. Having said that, there has been healthy inhibition
in place as well so far today. Not a lot upper support, so will
depend on additional heating and convergence along the front to
initiate convection. Will likely see the first storms develop later
this afternoon across the Big Country near the frontal boundary, and
perhaps farther south along an outflow boundary from last nights
convection that looks to be laying north of Coleman and Brownwood.
As inhibition continues to weaken, storms will begin to increase in
coverage.

Front is expected to stall, perhaps even push back north for a
little while, and then start to move back south by around midnight.
Models show more widespread convection developing along the front at
this point and pushing south. Highest POP's will be across the Big
Country overnight and then pushing south across the remainder of
West Central Texas late tonight and into the day on Thursday. Chance
POPS area wide on Thursday. Increased cloud cover and cooler air
mass will lead to afternoon highs in the 70s and 80s.

LONG TERM...
(Thursday night and Wednesday)

Rain chances will continue across much of West Central Texas through
the extended forecast. A cold front that will move through much of
the area Thursday, then stall somewhere across our southern
counties Thursday night, aiding in continued shower and
thunderstorm development. Exactly where this front stalls will
dictate where the best PoPs will reside. At this point, the best
PoPs look to be across our southern counties, with rain chances
decreasing as you head north toward the Big Country. A few
lingering storms will be possible Friday, especially across the
Interstate 10 corridor. Highs on Friday will be near to slightly
below seasonal normals, in the low to mid 80s.

The next cold front will approach the northern Big Country Saturday
morning, with an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Some timing differences continue with this feature, but this front
is forecast to slowly move through the area Saturday into Saturday
night. This in combination with intermittent disturbances moving
across the region in the southwest flow aloft, will bring a chance
of showers and thunderstorms to much of the forecast area. Highs on
Saturday will be mostly in the mid to upper 80s, while highs on
Sunday will be in the mid 70s to lower 80s.

At least scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible for
the first part of next week, as the region remains in southwest flow
aloft. High will mainly be in the 80s with overnight lows mainly in
the 60s.

Daniels

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Abilene 	 64  75  60  82 /  70  40  20  10
San Angelo 	 67  80  63  85 /  40  50  30  20
Junction 	 71  83  64  85 /  30  40  40  20

&&

.SJT Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
None.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 3:04 PM CDT, 8 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
304 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-122015-
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-
304 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE
...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 FROM SWEETWATER TO ABILENE. LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...AND THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE WEEKEND ONCE
AGAIN. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 9:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
933 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0933 PM     HAIL             CROSS PLAINS            32.13N  99.17W
05/11/2016  E1.75 INCH       CALLAHAN           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1600166

JD
Local storm report, May 11, 9:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
943 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0942 PM     HAIL             NOVICE                  31.99N  99.62W
05/11/2016  E1.25 INCH       COLEMAN            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL ONGOING IN NOVICE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1600167

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 11, 10:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1012 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

TXZ066-120345-
RUNNELS TX-
1012 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN RUNNELS COUNTY UNTIL
1045 PM CDT...

AT 1011 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CREWS...OR 10
MILES EAST OF WINTERS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
RUNNELS COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3194 9986 3205 9985 3206 9972 3195 9971
      3191 9972 3190 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 261DEG 11KT 3198 9978
Local storm report, May 11, 10:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford39 min
May 11, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor43 min
May 11, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman42 min
May 11, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones39 min
May 11, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman47 min
May 11, 7:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCallahan, Coleman3 hr
May 11, 8:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones26 min
May 11, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones42 min
May 11, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman52 min
May 11, 8:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman3 hr
May 11, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels49 min
May 11, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman47 min
May 11, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman, Taylor46 min
May 11, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels33 min
May 11, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman66 min
May 11, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Shackelford48 min
May 11, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor45 min
May 11, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown45 min
May 12, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor56 min
May 12, 12:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor3 hr
May 12, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor43 min
May 12, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan40 min
May 12, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor38 min
May 12, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan51 min
May 12, 2:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones39 min
May 12, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Haskell, Jones59 min
May 12, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan36 min
May 12, 3:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTFisher, Haskell, Jones3 hr
May 12, 3:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones56 min
May 12, 3:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown52 min
May 12, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones33 min
May 12, 4:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher55 min
May 12, 4:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones60 min
May 12, 4:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor5 hr
May 12, 5:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan44 min
May 12, 5:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTNolan49 min
May 12, 5:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan42 min
May 12, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown50 min
May 12, 6:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown47 min
May 12, 9:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTLlano34 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.