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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 21, 2016Runnels County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2016, 4:44 AM CDT for Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 21, 2016, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2016, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Runnels County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 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
Apr 21, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2016-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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 Apr 21, 4:02 AM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 4:02 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 3:09 PM CDT, 13 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
309 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-212015-
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-
309 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
SAN ANGELO TO BROWNWOOD LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BIG
COUNTRY AND THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE HEARTLAND TONIGHT. THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX
MOVES SOUTHEAST FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL
BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY...MAINLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SONORA TO MASON LINE. THE MAIN THREATS
ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESARY LATE TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 1:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
134 AM CDT THU APR 21 2016

TXZ113-114-127-128-210715-
JONES TX-CALLAHAN TX-TAYLOR TX-SHACKELFORD TX-
134 AM CDT THU APR 21 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CALLAHAN...
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR...SOUTHWESTERN SHACKELFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN JONES
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...

AT 132 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAWLEY AND
LUEDERS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 INCH IS ALSO LIKELY.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ABILENE AROUND 140 AM CDT.
  HAMBY AROUND 155 AM CDT.
  POTOSI AROUND 210 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE IMPACT...HODGES...TRUBY...
US-283 NEAR THE CALLAHAN-
SHACKELFORD COUNTY LINE...LAKE FORT PHANTOM HILL...FUNSTON...KIRBY LAKE...
THE INTERSECTION OF US-
180 AND FARM ROAD 600 AND BIG COUNTRY BAPTIST ASSEMBLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3269 9997 3289 9961 3254 9927 3232 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 325DEG 31KT 3267 9976
Local storm report, Apr 21, 2:44 AM CDT, 2 hours before
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Local storm report, Apr 21, 3:55 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason, Menard44 min
Apr 20, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason, Menard52 min
Apr 20, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason52 min
Apr 21, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher42 min
Apr 21, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones40 min
Apr 21, 12:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher31 min
Apr 21, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan65 min
Apr 21, 1:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones41 min
Apr 21, 1:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor3 hr
Apr 21, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor66 min
Apr 21, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor64 min
Apr 21, 3:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTNolan46 min
Apr 21, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan47 min
Apr 21, 3:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan67 min
Apr 21, 5:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho26 min
Apr 21, 6:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTBrown, Coleman, Concho, McCulloch114 min
Apr 21, 7:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTKimble, Mason2 hr
Apr 21, 11:07 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTBrown24 hr

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.