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Tornado Warning 7, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2016, 6:03 PM CDT for Fisher County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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
- Apr 16, 2016, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Fisher County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Longworth, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 673 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
598
WFUS54 KSJT 162303
TORSJT
TXC151-162330-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0007.160416T2303Z-160416T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
603 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL FISHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 603 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SWEETWATER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
LONGWORTH AROUND 630 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GANNON
AND BUSBY.
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 3256 10025 3252 10041 3253 10049 3258 10053
3269 10033
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 259DEG 10KT 3255 10046
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$2 follow-up statements
514
WWUS54 KSJT 162307
SVSSJT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
607 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
TXC151-162330-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160416T2330Z/
FISHER TX-
607 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL FISHER COUNTY...
AT 606 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GANNON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ROTATION WITH THIS
STORM CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LONGWORTH AROUND 630 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GANNON
AND BUSBY.
LAT...LON 3256 10025 3252 10041 3253 10049 3258 10053
3269 10033
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 259DEG 10KT 3255 10045
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$780
WWUS54 KSJT 162318
SVSSJT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
618 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
TXC151-162330-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160416T2330Z/
FISHER TX-
618 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL FISHER COUNTY...
AT 617 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SWEETWATER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. A TRAINED
SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 1 MILES WEST OF LONGWORTH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
LONGWORTH AROUND 630 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GANNON
AND BUSBY.
LAT...LON 3256 10025 3252 10041 3253 10049 3258 10053
3269 10033
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 259DEG 10KT 3256 10041
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Fisher | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Nolan | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Nolan | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Upton | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones | 13 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.