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Tornado Warning 5, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 8, 2016San Saba County, Texas

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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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
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, 2.5 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.

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.

464 
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.

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, 8:04 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, 8:33 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.