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Tornado Warning 3, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2021, 10:40 PM CDT for Kimble County, Mason County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2021, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2021, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Kimble County, TX, Mason County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 10:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Junction, TX | HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE IN JUNCTION. |
| Mar 24, 10:40 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 3 Sw Junction, TX | GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR SOUTH LLANO STATE PARK. |
| Mar 24, 10:40 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | Junction, TX | HAIL UP TO 3 INCH IN DIAMETER POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA FROM JUNCTION. |
| Mar 24, 10:49 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Segovia, TX | PHOTO OF HAIL ESTIMATED TO BE 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER, FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 479 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
514
WFUS54 KSJT 250340
TORSJT
TXC267-319-250415-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0003.210325T0340Z-210325T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
1040 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Kimble County in west central Texas...
Southwestern Mason County in west central Texas...
* Until 1115 PM CDT.
* At 1038 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado and damaging winds was located over Junction and near
Segovia moving east at 35 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
eastern Kimble and southwestern Mason Counties, including the
following locations... Us-83 Near The Kerr-Kimble County Line, I-10
Near The Kimble-Kerr County Line and The Intersection Of I-10 And
Us 290.
This includes Interstate 10 between Mile Markers 450 and 477.
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 3053 9986 3071 9931 3029 9930 3029 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 258DEG 35KT 3044 9970
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
PO1 follow-up statement
463
WWUS54 KSJT 250359
SVSSJT
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
1059 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
TXC267-319-250415-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210325T0415Z/
Kimble TX-Mason TX-
1059 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
KIMBLE AND SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES...
At 1057 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
and damaging winds was located 8 miles northeast of Segovia, or 14
miles east of Junction, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Segovia and Yates Crossing.
This includes Interstate 10 between Mile Markers 464 and 473.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3071 9931 3029 9930 3033 9964 3057 9974
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 261DEG 29KT 3047 9953
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
POThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Brown | 28 min |
| Mar 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 51 min |
| Mar 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Brown | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 51 min |
| Mar 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Menard | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Kimble | 24 min |
| Mar 24, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Menard | 28 min |
| Mar 24, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard | 54 min |
| Mar 24, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | McCulloch | 32 min |
| Mar 24, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Schleicher | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Kimble | 37 min |
| Mar 24, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman, McCulloch, San Saba | 51 min |
| Mar 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Kimble | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | McCulloch | 65 min |
| Mar 24, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Kimble | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Mason | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Kimble | 63 min |
| Mar 24, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble | 55 min |
| Mar 24, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.