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Tornado Warning 1, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2016, 4:21 AM CST for Kimble County, Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2016, 4:21 AM CST (10:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2016, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Kimble County, TX, Menard County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 1:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
165
WFUS54 KSJT 081021
TORSJT
TXC267-327-081045-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0001.160308T1021Z-160308T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
421 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MENARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN KIMBLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 445 AM CST
* AT 420 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF ROOSEVELT...OR 16 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN MENARD AND NORTHWESTERN KIMBLE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: US-83 NEAR THE KIMBLE-MENARD COUNTY LINE...THE
INTERSECTION OF US-83 AND RANCH ROAD 1773 AND CLEO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3054 9992 3062 10011 3089 10001 3076 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 219DEG 24KT 3063 9999
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
DANIELS1 follow-up statement
082
WWUS54 KSJT 081031
SVSSJT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
431 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
TXC267-327-081045-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160308T1045Z/
MENARD TX-KIMBLE TX-
431 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MENARD AND NORTHWESTERN KIMBLE COUNTIES...
AT 431 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT MCKAVETT...OR 16 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
US-83 NEAR THE KIMBLE-MENARD COUNTY LINE...THE INTERSECTION OF US-
83 AND RANCH ROAD 1773 AND CLEO.
LAT...LON 3055 9991 3065 10001 3089 10001 3076 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 1031Z 219DEG 24KT 3069 9994
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
DANIELSThe 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, 4:44 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, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton | 47 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.