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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 5, 2002Lampasas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2002, 12:13 AM CDT for Lampasas County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
May 5, 2002, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2002, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lampasas County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 12:25 AM CDTHail 3Lometa, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 050513
TORFTW
TXC281-050600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1214 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAMPASAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1214 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
  LOMETA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LAMPASAS AROUND 1235 AM CDT

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT...OR ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME IN AN
INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS FOR COVER.

LAT...LON 3124 9859 3107 9854 3111 9798 3138 9813

07/BB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLampasas, Mills57 min
May 5, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker59 min
May 5, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland56 min
May 5, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche42 min
May 5, 4:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant60 min
May 5, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains51 min
May 5, 6:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr

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.