Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 18, 2020Shackelford County, Throckmorton County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2020, 7:36 PM CDT for Shackelford County, Throckmorton County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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
Mar 18, 2020, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2020, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Shackelford County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 18, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2020-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1265 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2020-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 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
1265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
11.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

069 
WUUS54 KSJT 190036
SVRSJT
TXC417-447-190130-
/O.NEW.KSJT.SV.W.0021.200319T0036Z-200319T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
736 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Shackelford County in west central Texas...
  Southeastern Throckmorton County in west central Texas...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 734 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
  Fort Griffin, or 10 miles southwest of Throckmorton, moving
  northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Throckmorton around 750 PM CDT.
  Elbert around 820 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Lusk,
The Intersection Of Us-183 And Us-283 and The Intersection Of Us-
283 And Ranch Road 209.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for west central
Texas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 9895 3296 9909 3294 9910 3292 9930
      3305 9940 3340 9905 3339 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 228DEG 30KT 3305 9926 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PO
2 follow-up statements
134 
WWUS54 KSJT 190045
SVSSJT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
745 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

TXC417-190055-
/O.CAN.KSJT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200319T0130Z/
Shackelford TX-
745 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SHACKELFORD
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for west central
Texas.

LAT...LON 3296 9895 3296 9921 3310 9930 3330 9911
      3334 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 228DEG 30KT 3311 9918 

$$

TXC447-190130-
/O.CON.KSJT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200319T0130Z/
Throckmorton TX-
745 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN THROCKMORTON COUNTY...

At 745 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Throckmorton,
moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Throckmorton around 750 PM CDT.
  Elbert around 815 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Lusk,
The Intersection Of Us-183 And Us-283 and The Intersection Of Us-
283 And Ranch Road 209.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for west central
Texas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 9895 3296 9921 3310 9930 3330 9911
      3334 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 228DEG 30KT 3311 9918 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PO
492 
WWUS54 KSJT 190101
SVSSJT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
801 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

TXC447-190130-
/O.CON.KSJT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200319T0130Z/
Throckmorton TX-
801 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN THROCKMORTON COUNTY...

At 800 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Elbert, or near
Throckmorton, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Elbert around 815 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for west central
Texas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3299 9895 3299 9908 3318 9915 3329 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 228DEG 30KT 3320 9907 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones25 min
Mar 18, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTThrockmorton23 min
Mar 18, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels49 min
Mar 18, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor63 min
Mar 18, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford, Taylor23 min
Mar 18, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford47 min
Mar 18, 8:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCallahan, Runnels, Shackelford, Taylor, Throckmorton2 hr
Mar 18, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett64 min
Mar 18, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett24 min
Mar 18, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling60 min
Mar 18, 11:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Sterling31 min
Mar 18, 11:54 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatSJTCoke, Sterling34 min
Mar 18, 11:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTIrion48 min
Mar 19, 12:22 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan38 min
Mar 19, 12:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTFisher, Nolan3 hr
Mar 19, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher46 min
Mar 19, 12:56 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan, Taylor34 min
Mar 19, 1:17 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor43 min
Mar 19, 1:49 AM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatSJTShackelford, Throckmorton41 min
Mar 19, 2:27 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTShackelford18 min
Mar 19, 2:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTShackelford117 min
Mar 19, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble20 min
Mar 19, 5:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTKimble39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.