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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 5, 2019Runnels County, Taylor County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2019, 10:12 PM CDT for Runnels County, Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 5, 2019, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2019, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Runnels County, TX, Taylor County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2019-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 593 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2019-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 5, 6:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 2:56 PM CDT, 7 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...Corrected
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
256 PM CDT Fri Apr 5 2019

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-062000-
Fisher-Nolan-Sterling-Coke-Runnels-Irion-Tom Green-Concho-
Crockett-Schleicher-Sutton-Haskell-Throckmorton-Jones-Shackelford-
Taylor-Callahan-Coleman-Brown-McCulloch-San Saba-Menard-Kimble-
Mason-
256 PM CDT Fri Apr 5 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of west central
Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Thunderstorms will increase in coverage this evening and become
widespread after midnight as a strong upper level disturbance
approaches from the west. Although large hail and damaging winds
will be possible across western counties initially, the main
hazard will be damaging winds overnight as storms move east across
the area. Dangerous cloud to ground lightning will also accompany
any thunderstorms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Isolated severe thunderstorms could occur along and east of a
Haskell to Abilene to Junction line, mainly during the morning
hours Saturday. Main threats are large hail and damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be requested by late this evening.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 9:25 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 5, 10:05 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
1005 PM CDT FRI APR 5 2019

TXZ066-127-060345-
Runnels TX-Taylor TX-
1005 PM CDT FRI APR 5 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN TAYLOR AND NORTHWESTERN
RUNNELS COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

At 1004 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wingate, or 7 miles west of Winters, moving north at 20 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Happy Valley around 1015 PM CDT.
  Bradshaw around 1020 PM CDT.
  Coronados Camp around 1030 PM CDT.
  Buffalo Gap and View around 1045 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Lake Abilene, Drasco,
Camp Tonkawa, Pumphrey, Shep, Wilmeth and Ovalo.

LAT...LON 3231 9971 3186 9996 3195 10022 3209 10017
      3209 10015 3213 10015 3243 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 200DEG 34KT 3200 10008

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels50 min
Apr 5, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor40 min
Apr 6, 2:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTHaskell39 min
Apr 6, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Irion, Sterling, Tom Green55 min
Apr 6, 5:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan44 min
Apr 6, 5:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan48 min
Apr 6, 6:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Taylor27 min
Apr 6, 7:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown46 min
Apr 6, 8:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown45 min
Apr 6, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMcCulloch44 min
Apr 6, 8:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSutton49 min
Apr 6, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard44 min
Apr 6, 9:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba49 min
Apr 6, 9:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard51 min
Apr 6, 10:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMcCulloch55 min

Nearby

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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.