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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 24, 20234 counties in Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 24, 2023, 3:55 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 24, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2023, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 24, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 24, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX

Counties Crockett County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Sterling County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 24, 3:23 AM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 3:23 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 2:04 PM CDT, 13 hours 51 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
204 PM CDT Thu Mar 23 2023

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-241915-
Fisher-Nolan-Sterling-Coke-Runnels-Irion-Tom Green-Concho-
Crockett-Schleicher-Sutton-Haskell-Throckmorton-Jones-Shackelford-
Taylor-Callahan-Coleman-Brown-McCulloch-San Saba-Menard-Kimble-
Mason-
204 PM CDT Thu Mar 23 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of west central
Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Thunderstorms are possible this evening into early Friday morning
for most of the area. A few of these storms are expected to
strengthen to severe strength, with large hail and damaging winds
being the main hazards, although an isolated tornado cannot be
ruled out.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Critical fire weather conditions are expected Friday afternoon and
evening for most of West Central Texas as strong, gusty west
winds combine with very low relative humidity values.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be requested later this evening.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 12:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 12:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 2:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 2:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 2:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 2:59 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Jones	42 min
Mar 23, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher, Haskell, Jones	36 min
Mar 23, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	36 min
Mar 23, 8:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Mitchell	38 min
Mar 23, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	46 min
Mar 23, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Taylor	49 min
Mar 23, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Haskell	47 min
Mar 23, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Throckmorton	42 min
Mar 23, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Throckmorton	34 min
Mar 23, 11:46 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	SJT	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more	19 hr
Mar 23, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Upton	42 min
Mar 24, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Throckmorton	15 min
Mar 24, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Upton	24 min
Mar 24, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Irion, Runnels, Sterling, Tom Green	40 min
Mar 24, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Coke, Coleman, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor, Tom Green	48 min
Mar 24, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett, Irion, Schleicher	50 min
Mar 24, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor	50 min
Mar 24, 3:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Crockett, Irion, Schleicher, Tom Green	2 hr
Mar 24, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Brown, Coleman	25 min
Mar 24, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Brown	15 min
Mar 24, 4:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch	38 min
Mar 24, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch	52 min
Mar 24, 7:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	San Saba	32 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.