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Tornado Warning 15, NWS San Angelo, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 6, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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
snLocal storm report, May 6, 2:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 5, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett, Sutton | 61 min |
| May 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett, Schleicher, Sutton | 43 min |
| May 5, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Crockett | 60 min |
| May 6, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Upton | 65 min |
| May 6, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 64 min |
| May 6, 12:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Crockett | 118 min |
| May 6, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Crockett | 59 min |
| May 6, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett, Schleicher | 65 min |
| May 6, 1:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Crockett, Schleicher | 2 hr |
| May 6, 1:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Crockett | 118 min |
| May 6, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Schleicher | 57 min |
| May 6, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 64 min |
| May 6, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Irion | 61 min |
| May 6, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher, Tom Green | 66 min |
| May 6, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Tom Green | 54 min |
| May 6, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, Tom Green | 56 min |
| May 6, 3:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Concho, Irion, Tom Green | 3 hr |
| May 6, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 55 min |
| May 6, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Irion, Sterling | 66 min |
| May 6, 3:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Coleman, Runnels | 57 min |
| May 6, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 3 hr |
| May 6, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Coke, Runnels, Tom Green | 61 min |
| May 6, 4:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Crockett | 53 min |
| May 6, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Runnels, Tom Green | 62 min |
| May 6, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Callahan | 57 min |
| May 6, 4:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Callahan, Shackelford | 25 min |
| May 6, 5:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Shackelford, Throckmorton | 58 min |
| May 6, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Runnels | 60 min |
| May 6, 5:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Callahan, Coleman, Jones, Runnels, Shackelford, Taylor and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 6, 5:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Taylor | 65 min |
| May 6, 6:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Concho, Irion, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green | 3 hr |
| May 6, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 63 min |
| May 6, 6:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Sutton | 52 min |
| May 6, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Coleman | 36 min |
| May 6, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Concho, McCulloch | 57 min |
| May 6, 6:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Brown, Coleman, McCulloch | 2 hr |
| May 6, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Brown | 44 min |
| May 6, 7:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Kimble, Menard, Schleicher | 114 min |
| May 6, 8:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 44 min |
| May 6, 8:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Mason, San Saba | 3 hr |
| May 6, 8:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 47 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.