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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 26, 2002Fayette County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2002, 5:36 PM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2002, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2002, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 5:50 PM CDTHail 2Muldoon, TX

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 nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2281 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 262236
SVRSAT
TXC149-262315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
535 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  FAYETTE

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 535 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FAYETTE COUNTY...ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
SMITHVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
NEAR MULDOON AT 540 PM

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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson35 min
Jun 26, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee52 min
Jun 26, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson49 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.