Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2002, 3:40 AM CDT for Bastrop County, Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 80 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 16, 2002, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2002, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 80 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Lee County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Paige, TX | Trees were blown down 3 miles west of the intersection of US290 and SH21 near Paige. |
| Jun 16, 4:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln, TX | Trees were blown over by severe thunderstorm winds along US21 between Lincoln and Manheim. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 1721 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1410 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KEWX 160840 SVRSAT TXC021-287-161000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 338 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... LEE BASTROP * UNTIL 500 AM CDT * AT 338 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON TO 10 MILES NORTH OF WYLDWOOD...OR FROM 5 MILES EAST OF ROCKDALE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELGIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... OVER WYLDWOOD AT 400 AM OVER CAMP SWIFT AT 405 AM OVER CIRCLE D-KC ESTATES AT 415 AM OVER BASTROP AT 420 AM OVER GIDDINGS AT 440 AM OVER SMITHVILLE AT 445 AM THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3051 9704 3007 9760 2986 9734 3029 9673
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano, Williamson | 78 min |
| Jun 16, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 69 min |
| Jun 16, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 60 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.