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Tornado Warning 4, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 28, 2017Jones County, Shackelford County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2017, 5:15 PM CDT for Jones County, Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min. 4 reports 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, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Jones County, TX, Shackelford County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 28, 5:29 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 S Funston, TX
Mar 28, 5:36 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 S Funston, TX
Mar 28, 5:39 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 E Anson, TX
Mar 28, 5:43 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Funston, TX	CONE WITH HORIZONTAL VORTEX AND DEBRIS

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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

246 
WFUS54 KSJT 282215
TORSJT
TXC253-417-282245-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0004.170328T2215Z-170328T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
515 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017

The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Eastern Jones County in west central Texas...
  Northwestern Shackelford County in west central Texas...

* Until 545 PM CDT
    
* At 515 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Hawley, or 7 miles southeast of Anson, moving 
  northeast at 35 mph. This storm has a history of producting a 
  tornado.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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...
  Lueders and Avoca around 525 PM CDT. 
  Stamford around 540 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Funston, Hodges, Big Country Baptist Assembly, Lake Fort Phantom
Hill, Truby and The Intersection Of US-180 And Farm Road 600.

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 3293 9927 3253 9976 3261 9998 3296 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 206DEG 53KT 3270 9979 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Woodard

1 follow-up statement

097 
WWUS54 KSJT 282237
SVSSJT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
537 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017

TXC253-417-282245-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170328T2245Z/
Jones TX-Shackelford TX-
537 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
JONES AND NORTHWESTERN SHACKELFORD COUNTIES...
    
At 536 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Lake Stamford 
Marina, or 10 miles east of Stamford, moving northeast at 35 mph. At 
535 PM trained spotters reported a tornado 3 miles south of Funston.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado and golf ball size hail. 

SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado. 

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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
eastern Jones and northwestern Shackelford Counties, including the
following locations: Funston, Big Country Baptist Assembly, Truby and
The Intersection Of US-180 And Farm Road 600.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3293 9943 3261 9980 3261 9998 3296 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 206DEG 53KT 3298 9963 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Woodward

The 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, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Fisher, Jones	30 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, 5:27 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 Tornado observed	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 Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	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.