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Tornado Warning 1, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2021, 4:41 PM CDT for San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 24, 2021, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County San Saba County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
388
WFUS54 KSJT 242141
TORSJT
TXC411-242215-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0001.210324T2141Z-210324T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
441 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central San Saba County in west central Texas...
* Until 515 PM CDT.
* At 440 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Richland Springs, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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
north central San Saba County, including the following locations...
Spring Creek and Locker.
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 3130 9862 3123 9892 3136 9894 3143 9886
3141 9884 3141 9878 3138 9878 3137 9876
3143 9873 3141 9872 3140 9869 3134 9870
3137 9866 3131 9864 3132 9859
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 235DEG 24KT 3132 9889
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
PO1 follow-up statement
831
WWUS54 KSJT 242154
SVSSJT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
454 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
TXC411-242215-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210324T2215Z/
San Saba TX-
454 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SAN SABA COUNTY...
At 452 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles east of Skeeterville, or 10 miles north of
Algerita, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Spring Creek and Locker.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3125 9884 3138 9892 3143 9886 3141 9884
3141 9878 3138 9878 3137 9876 3143 9873
3141 9872 3140 9869 3134 9870 3137 9866
3131 9864 3132 9859 3130 9862 3126 9879
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 235DEG 24KT 3137 9881
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
POThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | McCulloch | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 42 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.