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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 11, 20174 counties in Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2017, 12:08 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2017, 12:08 PM CDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kimble County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2566 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
7.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 11, 7:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 7:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 11:43 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett49 min
Apr 10, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMason43 min
Apr 10, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett66 min
Apr 10, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMason39 min
Apr 10, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason49 min
Apr 10, 8:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTMason111 min
Apr 10, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba42 min
Apr 10, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason49 min
Apr 10, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett61 min
Apr 10, 9:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCrockett5 hr
Apr 10, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTKimble27 min
Apr 10, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTKimble, Mason3 hr
Apr 10, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMason44 min
Apr 10, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett46 min
Apr 10, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason63 min
Apr 10, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba38 min
Apr 10, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMcCulloch20 min
Apr 10, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason59 min
Apr 11, 11:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard47 min
Apr 11, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMason50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.