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Tornado Warning 22, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 26, 2025Mason County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2025, 5:25 PM CDT for Mason County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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 26, 2025, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2025, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in

County Mason County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 26, 2:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -682 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3276 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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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 26, 2:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 4:44 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 5:03 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 5:05 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 5:09 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 5:20 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 5:21 PM CDT, 4 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
May 25, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Haskell, Jones, Shackelford	60 min
May 25, 7:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Haskell	3 hr
May 25, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Haskell, Jones	36 min
May 25, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton	59 min
May 25, 8:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Haskell	3 hr
May 25, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Jones	26 min
May 25, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	40 min
May 25, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Jones	28 min
May 25, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	33 min
May 25, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton	59 min
May 25, 9:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Haskell, Jones	3 hr
May 25, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SJT	Jones, Shackelford	50 min
May 25, 9:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Fisher	3 hr
May 25, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	52 min
May 25, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	47 min
May 25, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Jones, Shackelford, Taylor	66 min
May 25, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Haskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton	48 min
May 25, 10:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton	3 hr
May 25, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Taylor	29 min
May 25, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Taylor	63 min
May 25, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Jones	25 min
May 25, 10:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Taylor	3 hr
May 25, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Throckmorton	32 min
May 25, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Callahan, Shackelford	57 min
May 25, 11:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	26 min
May 25, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher, Jones	67 min
May 25, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Shackelford, Throckmorton	65 min
May 25, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Callahan, Taylor	54 min
May 25, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Jones	58 min
May 25, 11:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Callahan, Shackelford, Throckmorton	3 hr
May 25, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	36 min
May 26, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Callahan	31 min
May 26, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher, Jones	29 min
May 26, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Jones	60 min
May 26, 12:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Fisher, Jones	3 hr
May 26, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	33 min
May 26, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Jones, Shackelford	52 min
May 26, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Jones	49 min
May 26, 1:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Jones, Shackelford	3 hr
May 26, 2:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Shackelford	51 min
May 26, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Haskell	45 min
May 26, 2:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Callahan, Shackelford	3 hr
May 26, 2:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Haskell	3 hr
May 26, 3:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Throckmorton	56 min
May 26, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Haskell	59 min
May 26, 4:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Throckmorton	55 min
May 26, 7:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Throckmorton	37 min
May 26, 12:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Brown	34 min
May 26, 1:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Shackelford	37 min
May 26, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Tom Green	29 min
May 26, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Tom Green	46 min
May 26, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SJT	Concho, Tom Green	65 min
May 26, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Kimble	61 min
May 26, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Irion	59 min
May 26, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green	40 min
May 26, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Sterling	62 min
May 26, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	58 min
May 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard	57 min
May 26, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Sterling, Tom Green	55 min
May 26, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Concho, Menard	46 min
May 26, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	57 min
May 26, 4:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Concho, McCulloch, Mason, Menard	3 hr
May 26, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard	49 min
May 26, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Sterling, Tom Green	60 min
May 26, 4:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Kimble, Mason, Menard	43 min
May 26, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch, Mason	19 min
May 26, 5:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Concho, Mason, Menard	5 hr
May 26, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Sutton	57 min
May 26, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Sutton	66 min
May 26, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho	63 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard	61 min
May 26, 5:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	112 min
May 26, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Concho, Tom Green	63 min
May 26, 5:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Sutton	3 hr
May 26, 5:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Kimble, Mason	3 hr
May 26, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Mason	36 min
May 26, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	San Saba	32 min
May 26, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Concho, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green	55 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho, McCulloch	67 min
May 26, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Brown	64 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.