Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2002, 6:25 PM CDT for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 5 reports 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, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2002, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Williamson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Taylor, TX | |
| Jun 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor, TX | Roofs were damaged, with some blown off homes, by severe thunderstorm winds. A mobile home was also damaged by the severe winds. Over 9000 homes were without power in Cedar Park for several hours due to the storm. |
| Jun 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Georgetown, TX | |
| Jun 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Leander, TX | Large limbs were knocked out of trees and large trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds in a path that stretched from near Leander to Cedar Park. |
| Jun 26, 7:06 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 M | Georgetown, TX | Trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds. Also, an 18-wheeler was blown over by the winds. |
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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 1208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KEWX 262325 SVRSAT TXC491-270000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 625 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... WILLIAMSON * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 619 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF GRANGER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF TAYLOR...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANGER AT 625 PM OVER TAYLOR AT 645 PM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 49 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.