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Tornado Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 17, 2016Crockett County, Schleicher County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2016, 5:05 PM CDT for Crockett County, Schleicher County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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: May 17, 2016, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Crockett County, TX, Schleicher County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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
May 17, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	13 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -286 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

972 
WFUS54 KSJT 172205
TORSJT
TXC105-413-172245-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0013.160517T2205Z-160517T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
505 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SCHLEICHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
    
* AT 505 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BARNHART...OR 20 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF OZONA...MOVING EAST 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
  NORTHWESTERN SCHLEICHER AND NORTHEASTERN CROCKETT COUNTIES...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: THE INTERSECTION OF US-190 AND
  RANCH ROAD 1828 AND US-190 NEAR THE CROCKETT-SUTTON COUNTY LINE.

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 3088 10114 3108 10109 3109 10069 3079 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 272DEG 20KT 3097 10104 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

346 
WWUS54 KSJT 172233
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
533 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

TXC105-413-172245-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160517T2245Z/
SCHLEICHER TX-CROCKETT TX-
533 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SCHLEICHER AND NORTHEASTERN CROCKETT COUNTIES...
    
AT 531 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO ROUGHLY 10 MILES NORTH OF OZONA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF OZONA
         AT 515 PM THAT LASTED A FEW MINUTES AND LIFTED. ALTHOUGH
         THE TORNADO HAS LIFTED...A NEW TORNADO COULD FORM...AND
         GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE.  

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...
THE INTERSECTION OF US-190 AND RANCH ROAD 1828 AND US-
190 NEAR THE CROCKETT-SUTTON COUNTY LINE.

LAT...LON 3088 10114 3108 10109 3109 10069 3079 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 263DEG 14KT 3098 10093 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Crockett	33 min
May 17, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	48 min
May 17, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Irion	35 min
May 17, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Irion	32 min
May 17, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion	60 min
May 17, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Sterling, Tom Green	40 min
May 17, 3:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Irion	3 hr
May 17, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion	66 min
May 17, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett, Irion	66 min
May 17, 4:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Irion	117 min
May 17, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	54 min
May 17, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Upton	45 min
May 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Schleicher	65 min
May 17, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	54 min
May 17, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett, Schleicher, Tom Green	65 min
May 17, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Sutton	29 min
May 17, 5:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Crockett	3 hr
May 17, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	51 min
May 17, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett, Schleicher, Sutton	57 min
May 17, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Crockett	23 min
May 17, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Crockett	67 min
May 17, 6:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Schleicher	3 hr
May 17, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Menard, Schleicher	63 min
May 17, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Sutton	63 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.