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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

December 23, 2002Travis County, Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2002, 7:00 AM CST for Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
Dec 23, 2002, 7:00 AM CST (13:00 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2002, 7:30 AM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 23, 7:04 AM CSTTornado F1Manor, TXThis tornado, rated F1, touched down 1 mile southeast of Manor shortly after 7 am, and moved northeastward to 5 miles northeast of Manor before dissipating. Rated as an F1, it damaged nearly a dozen homes and mobile homes and two businesses. It destroyed fo

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 23, 5:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 266 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 389 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
389 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
444 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

710 
WFUS54 KEWX 231300
TORSAT
TXC453-491-231330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
701 AM CST MON DEC 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  WILLIAMSON
  TRAVIS

* UNTIL 730 AM CST

* AT 701 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION THAT MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY
  TIME 4 MILES EAST OF MANOR...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF ELGIN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAYLOR AT 725 AM


LAT...LON 3035 9762 3028 9748 3042 9739 3052 9722
          3075 9736

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 2:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Kendall25 min
Dec 23, 3:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano41 min
Dec 23, 4:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays, Travis42 min
Dec 23, 6:07 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXHays, Travis53 min
Dec 23, 7:29 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXWilliamson31 min
Dec 23, 7:43 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt47 min
Dec 23, 8:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca52 min
Dec 23, 8:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette47 min
Dec 23, 9:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee27 min
Dec 23, 9:16 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXFayette29 min
Dec 23, 4:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards62 min
Dec 23, 4:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal56 min
Dec 23, 5:06 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXKerr24 min
Dec 23, 5:12 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXKerr18 min
Dec 23, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr52 min
Dec 23, 5:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina64 min
Dec 23, 5:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar62 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.