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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 3, 20214 counties in Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 7:24 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2021, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2021, 8:03 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fisher County, TX, Jones County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Taylor County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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
May 3, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 229 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 2021-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

890 
WUUS54 KSJT 040024
SVRSJT
TXC151-253-353-441-040130-
/O.NEW.KSJT.SV.W.0075.210504T0024Z-210504T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
724 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Jones County in west central Texas...
  Northeastern Nolan County in west central Texas...
  Southeastern Fisher County in west central Texas...
  Northern Taylor County in west central Texas...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 723 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Trent, or 14
  miles east of Sweetwater, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Merkel and Noodle around 735 PM CDT.
  Tye around 745 PM CDT.
  Hawley around 750 PM CDT.
  Abilene around 800 PM CDT.
  Hamby around 805 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Funston,
Impact, Hodges, Lake Fort Phantom Hill, Stith, Truby and The
Intersection Of Us-180 And Farm Road 600.

This includes Interstate 20 between Mile Markers 252 and 292.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3279 9961 3238 9963 3239 10030 3270 10030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 267DEG 39KT 3254 10017 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KB
2 follow-up statements
092 
WWUS54 KSJT 040047
SVSSJT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
747 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

TXC151-253-353-441-040130-
/O.CON.KSJT.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210504T0130Z/
Jones TX-Nolan TX-Fisher TX-Taylor TX-
747 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN JONES...NORTHEASTERN NOLAN...SOUTHEASTERN FISHER AND
NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTIES...

At 746 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Merkel, or 13
miles northwest of Abilene, moving east at 40 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Tye around 755 PM CDT.
  Hawley around 800 PM CDT.
  Abilene around 810 PM CDT.
  Hamby around 815 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Impact,
Hodges, Lake Fort Phantom Hill, Stith and Truby.

This includes Interstate 20 between Mile Markers 253 and 292.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3238 9963 3239 10030 3267 10025 3272 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 267DEG 33KT 3255 9994 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
943 
WWUS54 KSJT 040103
SVSSJT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
803 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

TXC151-253-353-441-040111-
/O.CAN.KSJT.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210504T0130Z/
Jones TX-Nolan TX-Fisher TX-Taylor TX-
803 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JONES...NORTHEASTERN
NOLAN...SOUTHEASTERN FISHER AND NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened 
below severe levels. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3238 9963 3239 10030 3267 10025 3272 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 267DEG 39KT 3256 9974 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor36 min
May 3, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Jones66 min
May 3, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan42 min
May 3, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones, Shackelford55 min
May 3, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones43 min
May 3, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford, Throckmorton52 min
May 3, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTThrockmorton65 min
May 3, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford31 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.