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Tornado Warning 9, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2016, 6:58 PM CDT for Fisher County, Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 13 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2016, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2016, 7:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Fisher County, TX, Jones County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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.
783
WFUS54 KSJT 162358
TORSJT
TXC151-253-170030-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0009.160416T2358Z-160417T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
658 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FISHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 657 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SYLVESTER...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HAMLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
MCCAULLEY AROUND 710 PM CDT.
NEINDA AROUND 720 PM CDT.
HAMLIN AROUND 730 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE THE
INTERSECTION OF US-180 AND RANCH ROAD 126 AND HITSON.
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 3282 9984 3266 10030 3276 10045 3296 10023
3296 10009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 232DEG 28KT 3271 10030
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$1 follow-up statement
821
WWUS54 KSJT 170011
SVSSJT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
711 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
TXC151-253-170019-
/O.CAN.KSJT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160417T0030Z/
FISHER TX-JONES TX-
711 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FISHER AND NORTHWESTERN JONES
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3282 9984 3266 10030 3276 10045 3296 10023
3296 10009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 232DEG 28KT 3277 10021
$$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, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Upton | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.