Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 23, 2002, 8:02 PM CST for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2002, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2002, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fayette County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 8:20 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Columbus, TX | 0.75 inch hail. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 2559 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KEWX 240202 SVRSAT TXC149-240245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 801 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... FAYETTE * UNTIL 845 PM CST * AT 801 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 27 MILES WEST OF ELLINGER...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLATONIA...MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. LAT...LON 2983 9707 2965 9701 2996 9548 3022 9556 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 6:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 42 min |
| Dec 23, 6:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 53 min |
| Dec 23, 6:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 51 min |
| Dec 23, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 47 min |
| Dec 23, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 40 min |
| Dec 23, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 52 min |
| Dec 23, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 49 min |
| Dec 23, 7:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 50 min |
| Dec 23, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 15 min |
| Dec 23, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 42 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.