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Tornado Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 14, 2018Coke County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2018, 3:47 PM CDT for Coke County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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: May 14, 2018, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2018, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Coke County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
May 14, 3:54 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	3 N Robert Lee, TX	ROBERT LEE VFD REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL.
May 14, 4:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	6 Nw Robert Lee, TX	RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.
May 14, 4:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	7 Se Silver, TX	QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORT RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.
May 14, 4:18 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 N Robert Lee, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 1228 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -307 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

753 
WFUS54 KSJT 142047
TORSJT
TXC081-142115-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0002.180514T2047Z-180514T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
347 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Coke County in west central Texas...

* Until 415 PM CDT
    
* At 346 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Sanco, or near Robert Lee, moving southeast at 15
  mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter. 

  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...
  E.V. Spence Reservoir Near Paint Creek Recreation Area around 355 
  PM CDT. 
  Robert Lee around 410 PM CDT. 

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 3191 10030 3179 10057 3200 10064 3209 10047
      3208 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 330DEG 13KT 3198 10051 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

PO

1 follow-up statement

232 
WWUS54 KSJT 142103
SVSSJT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
403 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

TXC081-142115-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180514T2115Z/
Coke TX-
403 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
COKE COUNTY...
    
At 402 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Robert Lee, and is nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Tornado and two inch 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...
  Robert Lee around 410 PM CDT. 

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 3191 10030 3179 10057 3200 10064 3209 10047
      3208 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 330DEG 13KT 3193 10048 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

PO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Nolan	33 min
May 14, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Tom Green	43 min
May 14, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Nolan	37 min
May 14, 4:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Coke, Nolan	118 min
May 14, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coke	16 min
May 14, 4:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Coke	3 hr
May 14, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke	46 min
May 14, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Nolan	66 min
May 14, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch	63 min
May 14, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Sterling, Tom Green	51 min
May 14, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman, McCulloch	47 min
May 14, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch	48 min
May 14, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Irion, Tom Green	29 min
May 14, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	45 min
May 14, 6:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	McCulloch	3 hr
May 14, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch	63 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.