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Tornado Warning 3, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 8, 2016McCulloch County, Mason County, San Saba County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2016, 7:21 PM CST for McCulloch County, Mason County, San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2016, 7:21 PM CST (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2016, 7:45 PM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

Counties Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, San Saba County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 8, 7:30 PM CSTHAIL 2.753 Se Voca, TX
Mar 8, 7:30 PM CSTHAIL 44 Ne Katemcy, TX
Mar 8, 7:34 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGFredonia, TXTREE DAMAGE REPORTED
Mar 8, 7:34 PM CSTTORNADO5 Ne Fredonia, TX
Mar 8, 7:35 PM CSTHAIL 1.56 Nw Fredonia, TXQUARTER TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 2016-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

912 
WFUS54 KSJT 090121
TORSJT
TXC307-319-411-090145-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0003.160309T0121Z-160309T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
721 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN SAN SABA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCCULLOCH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CST
    
* AT 720 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER VOCA...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRADY...
  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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTH CENTRAL MASON...SOUTHWESTERN SAN SABA AND SOUTHEASTERN
  MCCULLOCH COUNTIES.

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 9918 3096 9928 3113 9910 3106 9881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 235DEG 27KT 3101 9919 

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 6:34 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard26 min
Mar 8, 6:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, Menard, San Saba34 min
Mar 8, 7:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMcCulloch45 min
Mar 8, 7:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, San Saba42 min
Mar 8, 7:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, San Saba32 min
Mar 8, 7:18 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, San Saba27 min
Mar 8, 7:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTKimble31 min
Mar 8, 7:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, San Saba43 min
Mar 8, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford, Taylor50 min
Mar 8, 8:04 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba26 min
Mar 8, 8:10 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor50 min
Mar 8, 8:11 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTKimble34 min
Mar 8, 8:27 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba33 min
Mar 8, 8:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford27 min
Mar 8, 8:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba33 min
Mar 8, 8:50 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTSan Saba3 hr
Mar 8, 8:52 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTKimble23 min
Mar 8, 9:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba29 min
Mar 8, 9:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.