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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 1, 2019Fisher County, Jones County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2019, 9:43 PM CDT for Fisher County, Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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: May 1, 2019, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2019, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fisher County, TX, Jones County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 1, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 267 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: 2332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 14.6

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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 May 1, 6:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 2:51 PM CDT, 6 hours 52 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
251 PM CDT Wed May 1 2019

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-022000-
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-
251 PM CDT Wed May 1 2019

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening,
mainly along and north of a line from San Angelo to Brownwood. The
main hazards are large hail, damaging winds, deadly lightning,
and possibly a tornado.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

The potential for thunderstorms continues through the remainder of
this week. Large hail and damaging winds remain the primary
hazardous weather threats.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

We have already activated spotters, for some counties north of
Interstate 20. We may need additional spotters this afternoon and
evening, for counties along Interstate 20.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 7:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 7:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 7:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, May 1, 8:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 8:46 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 9:30 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Jones, Shackelford	41 min
May 1, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Throckmorton	48 min
May 1, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton	51 min
May 1, 8:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SJT	Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton	6 hr
May 1, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton	44 min
May 1, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher, Jones, Shackelford	45 min
May 1, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Jones, Taylor	45 min
May 1, 11:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Callahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor	3 hr
May 1, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Callahan	45 min
May 1, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor	37 min
May 1, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Shackelford	36 min
May 2, 9:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher, Jones	61 min
May 2, 10:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Taylor	3 hr
May 2, 10:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Nolan	44 min
May 2, 10:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Callahan, Nolan, Shackelford, Taylor	3 hr
May 2, 11:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Callahan, Nolan, Taylor	44 min
May 2, 12:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho, Menard	43 min
May 2, 12:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Callahan	117 min
May 2, 12:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Sutton	39 min
May 2, 12:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Callahan, Coleman	41 min
May 2, 12:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Concho, Menard	2 hr
May 2, 12:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho	42 min
May 2, 12:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Sutton	116 min
May 2, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Sutton	38 min
May 2, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Coleman	51 min
May 2, 1:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Sutton	26 min
May 2, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, McCulloch, Menard	40 min
May 2, 1:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Sutton	3 hr
May 2, 1:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Sutton	29 min
May 2, 1:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Concho, Menard	3 hr
May 2, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman, Runnels	51 min
May 2, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	43 min
May 2, 1:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Coleman	2 hr
May 2, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	48 min
May 2, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Sutton	30 min
May 2, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Brown	43 min
May 2, 2:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Tom Green	2 hr
May 2, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Mason	37 min
May 2, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Taylor	38 min
May 2, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.