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Tornado Warning 5, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2016, 8:27 PM CST for San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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, 8:27 PM CST (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County San Saba County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 231 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.
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WFUS54 KSJT 090227
TORSJT
TXC411-090300-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0005.160309T0227Z-160309T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
827 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SAN SABA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CST
* AT 827 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CHEROKEE...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF LLANO...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
CHAPPEL AROUND 845 PM CST.
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 9844 3092 9891 3106 9889 3119 9855
3116 9851 3112 9855 3109 9853 3112 9849
3111 9846 3108 9846 3106 9849 3103 9844
3101 9846 3099 9844 3096 9845 3095 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 269DEG 19KT 3095 9869
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
668
WWUS54 KSJT 090249
SVSSJT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
849 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
TXC411-090300-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160309T0300Z/
SAN SABA TX-
849 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SAN SABA COUNTY...
AT 848 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOW...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BUCHANAN DAM...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN SAN SABA COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3092 9844 3092 9865 3106 9865 3109 9853
3112 9849 3111 9846 3108 9846 3106 9849
3103 9844 3101 9846 3099 9844 3096 9845
3095 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 269DEG 19KT 3095 9856
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$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, 8:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | San Saba | 26 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, 8:33 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.