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Tornado Warning 4, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 8, 2016San Saba County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2016, 8:04 PM CST for San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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, 8:04 PM CST (02:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2016, 8:30 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

County San Saba County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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, 8:04 PM CSTFUNNEL CLOUD16 W Cherokee, TX
Mar 8, 8:27 PM CSTHAIL 0.88Cherokee, TX

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

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 593 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

927 
WFUS54 KSJT 090204
TORSJT
TXC411-090230-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0004.160309T0204Z-160309T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SAN SABA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CST
    
* AT 804 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF FIELD CREEK...OR 14 MILES SOUTH
  OF ALGERITA...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHEROKEE AROUND 830 PM CST. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HARKEYVILLE.

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 3092 9855 3092 9894 3108 9907 3129 9874
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 250DEG 18KT 3102 9889 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
228 
WWUS54 KSJT 090219
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
819 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXC411-090230-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160309T0230Z/
SAN SABA TX-
819 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL SAN SABA COUNTY...
    
AT 819 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CHEROKEE...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF SAN SABA...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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHEROKEE AROUND 825 PM CST. 

LAT...LON 3092 9855 3092 9892 3106 9893 3120 9869
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 260DEG 23KT 3097 9875 

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, 7:21 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, San Saba24 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, 8:10 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.