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Tornado Warning 8, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2016, 6:28 PM CDT for Fisher County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Fisher County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.
474
WFUS54 KSJT 162328
TORSJT
TXC151-170000-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0008.160416T2328Z-160417T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
628 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FISHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 628 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LONGWORTH...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
SWEETWATER...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
ROBY AROUND 640 PM CDT.
LONGWORTH AROUND 645 PM CDT.
SYLVESTER AROUND 700 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE 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 3259 10046 3272 10049 3286 10015 3260 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 259DEG 10KT 3263 10039
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DANIELS1 follow-up statement
107
WWUS54 KSJT 162340
SVSSJT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
640 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
TXC151-170000-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160417T0000Z/
FISHER TX-
640 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FISHER COUNTY...
AT 639 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LONGWORTH...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
SWEETWATER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS OF A WALL CLOUD
HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SYLVESTER AROUND 700 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BUSBY.
LAT...LON 3259 10046 3272 10049 3286 10015 3260 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 259DEG 10KT 3264 10035
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$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, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher | 27 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.