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Tornado Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 2, 2019Sutton County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2019, 2:00 PM CDT for Sutton County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2019, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2019, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Sutton County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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.

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 2, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 3850 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.0
Supercell composite: 14.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

646 
WFUS54 KSJT 021900
TORSJT
TXC435-021930-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0021.190502T1900Z-190502T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
200 PM CDT Thu May 2 2019

The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Sutton County in west central Texas...

* Until 230 PM CDT.
    
* At 200 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 13 miles south of Sonora, moving southeast at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  south central Sutton County, including the following locations...
  The Intersection Of Us-277 And Ranch Road 189 and Us-277 Near The
  Sutton-Edwards County Line.

This includes Interstate 10 near Mile Marker 413.
 
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 3045 10075 3054 10043 3029 10042 3029 10075
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 304DEG 13KT 3036 10063 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

PO

1 follow-up statement

753 
WWUS54 KSJT 021910
SVSSJT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
210 PM CDT Thu May 2 2019

TXC435-021930-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190502T1930Z/
Sutton TX-
210 PM CDT Thu May 2 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL SUTTON COUNTY...
    
At 209 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 15 miles south of Sonora, moving southeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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.

Locations impacted include...
Us-277 Near The Sutton-Edwards County Line.

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 3041 10066 3048 10043 3029 10042 3029 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 304DEG 13KT 3034 10060 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

PO

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, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher, Jones	47 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, 2:17 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.