Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2002, 6:53 PM CDT for Bastrop County, Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2002, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Lee County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Elgin, TX | |
| Jun 26, 7:29 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Fedor, TX | Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at over 50 knots blew down numerous large branches from trees. |
| Jun 26, 7:29 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Fedor, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KEWX 262353 SVRSAT TXC021-287-270045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 652 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... LEE BASTROP * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 652 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 24 MILES NORTH OF CAMP SWIFT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF TAYLOR...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 7 MILES EAST OF CAMP SWIFT AT 735 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. VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
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, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 35 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.