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Tornado Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2017, 4:30 PM CDT for Fisher County, Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2017, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
Counties Fisher County, TX, Jones County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 4:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nnw Longworth, TX | SPOTTER OBSERVED BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN OPEN FIELD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
970
WFUS54 KSJT 282130
TORSJT
TXC151-253-282200-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0002.170328T2130Z-170328T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
430 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017
The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Jones County in west central Texas...
Northeastern Fisher County in west central Texas...
* Until 500 PM CDT
* At 429 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Sylvester, or 12 miles southwest of Hamlin, moving
north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball 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...
Hamlin around 450 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hitson, The Intersection Of US-180 And Ranch Road 126 and Tuxedo.
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 3296 9993 3264 10008 3271 10043 3296 10038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 196DEG 31KT 3277 10029
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
MCThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 21 min |
| Mar 28, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Runnels | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Nolan | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels, Taylor | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Jones, Taylor | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Taylor | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Jones, Shackelford | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Sterling | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Haskell, Jones, Shackelford | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Jones | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Fisher | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Haskell, Jones | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Haskell | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 6:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Haskell | 3 hr |
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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.