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Tornado Warning 37, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 23, 2024Concho County, Menard County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2024, 6:19 PM CDT for Concho County, Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2024, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

Counties Concho County, TX, Menard County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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
May 23, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 242 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: 2785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 6.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 23, 2:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
231 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM...

.SHORT TERM...
(This evening through Friday)
Issued at 133 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Most of the convection has now exited the area off to the east,
although a moist and unstable air mass remains. CAPE vales above
5000 J/Kg with little convective inhibition left and shear values
of 45 to 50 knots. However, dryline remains fairly diffuse and
not making only slow progress mixing east into a moist air mass
full of clouds, although visible satellite is showing a little
better cu development along the dryline across the western Concho
Valley. There does not appear to be much support aloft with
shortwaves now east of the area. Latest runs of the CAMs show very
little convection for the rest of the afternoon and evening,
focusing mainly along the dryline across Oklahoma and then along
some outflow boundaries across North Central Texas.

Given the air mass and its potential, and the agitated Cu field
developing to the west, will pull the mention of storms farther
west into the Concho Valley and Big Country this afternoon, but
will limit to 20% for now given the lack of upper support.

Dryline makes better progress across the area on Friday, with
again the CAMs showing almost nothing for storms. Best chances
are certainly east of the area for tomorrow afternoon and will
keep POPs mainly out of the forecast for now. A little more
downslope winds for tomorrow will boost temperatures to near or
above the 100 degree mark for most areas.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Friday night through next Thursday)
Issued at 133 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Most attention on the shorter term today, but still looks like a
hot and dry forecast through Memorial Day for the area. Upper
level ridge moves across the area, helping boost temperatures into
the 100 to 105 range for some areas. Weak shortwave helps bring a
chance of storms, more clouds, and slightly cooler temperatures
for mid week.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Abilene     69  94  64  98 /   0   0   0  10
San Angelo  67 100  63 102 /   0   0   0  10
Junction    72 102  68 104 /   0   0   0  10
Brownwood   69  94  68  96 /   0  10   0  10
Sweetwater  67  92  64  99 /   0   0   0   0
Ozona       68  99  65 100 /   0   0   0   0
Brady       70  96  68  97 /   0  10   0  10

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...07
LONG TERM....07
AVIATION...07

Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 2:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
201 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

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-
201 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

A few thunderstorms may redevelop across portions of West Central
Texas this afternoon and evening, mainly northeast of a Sweetwater
to San Angelo to Mason line. If a storm can redevelop, large hail
and damaging winds will remain possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

The threat for widespread severe weather is low. However, with
temperatures near or above the 100 degree mark and wet soils
adding to humidity values, the heat risk will rise. People with
low tolerance to heat exhaustion or without access to air
conditioning may need to take extra precautions to protect
themselves from the early summer heat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation may be requested this afternoon.

In the hours 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
May 22, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Haskell	27 min
May 22, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Schleicher	30 min
May 23, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Crockett	33 min
May 23, 3:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	39 min
May 23, 3:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	38 min
May 23, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett, Schleicher, Sutton	40 min
May 23, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Schleicher, Sutton	39 min
May 23, 5:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton	67 min
May 23, 6:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch	36 min
May 23, 7:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch, Mason, San Saba	57 min
May 23, 7:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Irion	39 min
May 23, 7:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Irion, Sterling, Tom Green	47 min
May 23, 7:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman, Concho, McCulloch	42 min
May 23, 8:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch, San Saba	40 min
May 23, 8:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Tom Green	52 min
May 23, 8:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Runnels, Tom Green	44 min
May 23, 8:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch	49 min
May 23, 9:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Coleman	38 min
May 23, 9:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	San Saba	39 min
May 23, 11:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	San Saba	52 min
May 23, 11:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch	51 min
May 23, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Tom Green	37 min
May 23, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Tom Green	47 min
May 23, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	39 min
May 23, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	34 min
May 23, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Tom Green	45 min
May 23, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SJT	Tom Green	52 min
May 23, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Fisher, Haskell, Jones	43 min
May 23, 5:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Tom Green	116 min
May 23, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor	41 min
May 23, 5:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Fisher, Jones	113 min
May 23, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Haskell	34 min
May 23, 5:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Coke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor	2 hr
May 23, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Fisher, Jones	23 min
May 23, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, Tom Green	60 min
May 23, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Fisher, Haskell, Jones	44 min
May 23, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Jones	35 min
May 23, 6:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Fisher, Jones	119 min
May 23, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Jones, Shackelford	46 min
May 23, 6:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Concho, McCulloch, Menard	115 min
May 23, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, McCulloch, Menard	53 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.