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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 30, 2016McCulloch County, Mason County, Menard County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2016, 3:24 AM CDT for McCulloch County, Mason County, Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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 30, 2016, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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 29, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2080 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
2080 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1409 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
9.9

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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 30, 12:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 12:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:10 PM CDT, 12 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
310 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-301100-
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-
310 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...BUT A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL.
THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST HILL
COUNTRY THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH
MIDWEEK. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS.

JOHNSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 10:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 11:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 30, 3:06 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTThrockmorton41 min
May 29, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTThrockmorton36 min
May 29, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Throckmorton40 min
May 29, 8:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSJTThrockmorton45 min
May 29, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell62 min
May 29, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Shackelford, Throckmorton40 min
May 29, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton47 min
May 29, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher62 min
May 29, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton65 min
May 29, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor63 min
May 29, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher61 min
May 29, 9:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCallahan, Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor, Throckmorton3 hr
May 29, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTShackelford25 min
May 29, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford57 min
May 29, 10:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher, Jones54 min
May 29, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford65 min
May 29, 10:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTFisher2 hr
May 29, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCallahan, Taylor60 min
May 29, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor64 min
May 29, 11:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCallahan114 min
May 30, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTColeman, Runnels55 min
May 30, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman63 min
May 30, 12:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSJTShackelford, Throckmorton3 days
May 30, 12:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTBrown, Coleman, Runnels3 hr
May 30, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman38 min
May 30, 1:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMcCulloch46 min
May 30, 2:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba40 min
May 30, 3:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTBrown, Coleman3 hr
May 30, 4:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTKimble49 min
May 30, 3:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSJTBrown24 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.