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Tornado Warning 4, NWS San Angelo, TX
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:04 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 16 W Cherokee, TX | |
| Mar 8, 8:27 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Cherokee, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Menard | 26 min |
| Mar 8, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, Menard, San Saba | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 7:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | McCulloch | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 42 min |
| Mar 8, 7:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, San Saba | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 7:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, San Saba | 27 min |
| Mar 8, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, San Saba | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 7:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Kimble | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 7:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, San Saba | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Shackelford, Taylor | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 8:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Taylor | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 8:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Kimble | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 8:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | San Saba | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 8:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Callahan, Jones, Shackelford | 27 min |
| Mar 8, 8:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 8:50 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | San Saba | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Kimble | 23 min |
| Mar 8, 9:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 29 min |
| Mar 8, 9:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 47 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.