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Tornado Warning 15, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 6, 2025Irion County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2025, 4:06 AM CDT for Irion County, 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2025, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2025, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Irion County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
May 6, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2025-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 769 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
769 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
544 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
13.6

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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 6, 1:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • Showers and thunderstorms likely through mid morning today. Some of the storms may be strong to severe.
  • Flood Watch for areas north of Interstate 20 from late tonight through Noon Tuesday.
  • Low precipitation chances in the forecast again Wednesday night into early Thursday, then dry through the upcoming weekend.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 1:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
154 AM CDT Tue May 6 2025

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

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Showers and thunderstorms likely through mid morning today. Some
  of the storms may be strong to severe.

- Flood Watch for areas north of Interstate 20 from late tonight
  through Noon Tuesday.

- Low precipitation chances in the forecast again Wednesday night
  into early Thursday, then dry through the upcoming weekend.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Today and tonight)
Issued at 142 AM CDT Tue May 6 2025

Main focus for the forecast will be the ongoing convection
spreading across West Central Texas this morning. Will use the
latest CAMs for a rough idea on the timing of the back end of the
convection, with most of it clearing the eastern counties by 15Z.

Main upper level low will move slowly across the New Mexico
towards the Texas border by this afternoon, with models showing
additional showers developing across the Red River Valley this
afternoon. Some of the CAMs show some of this as far south as
Haskell and Throckmorton so will mention some small POPs up there.
Otherwise, pacific front will move across the area this morning
and bring gusty west winds in its wake, before a little stronger
front follows from the north this evening and shifts winds around
to the north.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Wednesday through Monday)
Issued at 142 AM CDT Tue May 6 2025

Upper level low will take its time exiting the area through
Wednesday and Thursday, with several additional shortwaves still
set to move across the area. Nowhere near the same low level
moisture available as we have out there this morning, but enough
for a few showers and storms at times. Once the upper low finally
shifts far enough east, drier conditions move back into the area
for the weekend and into early next week. Temperatures remain
close to seasonal normals, with lows in the 50s and 60s with highs
in the 70s and 80s.

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1125 PM CDT Mon May 5 2025

Showers and storms continue to develop and spread east across West
Central Texas through the overnight hours, largely clearing out of
the area to the east by shortly after sunrise. Otherwise IFR and
MVFr cigs will prevail ahead of the storms, with VFR conditions
prevailing once the storms pass the area. Gusty east winds will
continue into the morning hours with winds switching to the west
and becoming gusty as a pacific front moves across the area.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Abilene     80  55  80  56 /  80   0  10  20
San Angelo  82  52  84  55 /  50   0   0  10
Junction    84  54  87  57 /  70   0  10  10
Brownwood   82  53  84  56 /  90   0  10  10
Sweetwater  78  55  79  55 /  60   0  10  10
Ozona       80  53  84  57 /  20   0   0  20
Brady       82  55  84  58 /  80   0  10  10

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flood Watch until noon CDT today for Fisher-Haskell-Jones-
Shackelford-Throckmorton.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 1:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
159 AM CDT Tue May 6 2025

TXZ071-076-077-060800-
Irion TX-Schleicher TX-Crockett TX-
159 AM CDT Tue May 6 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SCHLEICHER...
NORTHEASTERN CROCKETT AND SOUTHERN IRION COUNTIES THROUGH 300 AM
CDT...

At 159 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
about 13 miles south of Barnhart, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Us-190 Near The Crockett-Sutton County Line, The Intersection Of Us
190 And Highway 163, and Barnhart.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for west central
Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 3108 10127 3122 10127 3124 10069 3096 10070
      3087 10096 3081 10096 3075 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 246DEG 27KT 3094 10121

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Sutton61 min
May 5, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Schleicher, Sutton43 min
May 5, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett60 min
May 6, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTUpton65 min
May 6, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett64 min
May 6, 12:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCrockett118 min
May 6, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett59 min
May 6, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Schleicher65 min
May 6, 1:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCrockett, Schleicher2 hr
May 6, 1:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCrockett118 min
May 6, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSchleicher57 min
May 6, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher64 min
May 6, 1:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTIrion61 min
May 6, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSJTSchleicher, Tom Green66 min
May 6, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTom Green54 min
May 6, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Tom Green56 min
May 6, 3:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTConcho, Irion, Tom Green3 hr
May 6, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green55 min
May 6, 3:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTIrion, Sterling66 min
May 6, 3:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTColeman, Runnels57 min
May 6, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green3 hr
May 6, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCoke, Runnels, Tom Green61 min
May 6, 4:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett53 min
May 6, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels, Tom Green62 min
May 6, 4:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCallahan57 min
May 6, 4:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCallahan, Shackelford25 min
May 6, 5:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford, Throckmorton58 min
May 6, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels60 min
May 6, 5:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCallahan, Coleman, Jones, Runnels, Shackelford, Taylor and 1 more3 hr
May 6, 5:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor65 min
May 6, 6:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTConcho, Irion, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green3 hr
May 6, 6:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown, Coleman63 min
May 6, 6:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSutton52 min
May 6, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman36 min
May 6, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho, McCulloch57 min
May 6, 6:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTBrown, Coleman, McCulloch2 hr
May 6, 7:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown44 min
May 6, 7:36 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTKimble, Menard, Schleicher114 min
May 6, 8:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba44 min
May 6, 8:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTMason, San Saba3 hr
May 6, 8:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba47 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.