Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2002, 3:49 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- Apr 7, 2002, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2002, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Val Verde County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Amistad Res East, TX | Sheriff's Deputies reported that a small and short-lived tornado touched down in an open area just northwest of Lake Amistad. Members of the public who were in the area also reported a roaring sound the tornado struck. No damage was indicated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 1329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KEWX 072049 TORSAT TXC465-072130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 348 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... VAL VERDE * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 348 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING 22 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE... OVER WESTERN LAKE AMISTAD AT 400 PM 10 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO AT 405 PM IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. STAY ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING VALID UNTIL 430 PM. LAT...LON 2950 10132 2933 10127 2939 10076 2970 10068
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 16 min |
| Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 61 min |
| Apr 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 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.