Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2002, 9:44 PM CDT for Crockett County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2002, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2002, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crockett County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 6081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KSJT 090244 SVRSJT TXC105-090345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 943 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CROCKETT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 943 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF OZONA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 163 BY 955 PM. LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. LAT...LON 3085 10135 3067 10131 3070 10097 3103 10102
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 8, 9:40 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 9:40 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 940 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002 AFTER COORDINATION WITH SPC...HAVE SENT AN SPS TO CLEAR SOME OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES FROM THE TORNADO WATCH. WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINING COUNTIES UNTIL THE EXPIRATION TIME AT 10 PM. WILL SEND A QUICK UPDATE SHORTLY. .SJT...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THESE COUNTIES... BROWN...COLEMAN...CONCHO...MASON...MENARD...MCCULLOCH...SAN SABA 23/HUBER **** 310 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002 DISCUSSION FOLLOWS **** DRYLINE WAS ALONG WESTERN BOUNDARY OF CWA THIS AFTERNOON. LINE OF CLOUDS IN VISIBLE IMAGERY SEEMINGLY ALIGNED WITH DRYLINE FROM FT STOCKTON TO CHILDRESS APPEARS TO BE ALTOCUMULUS INSTEAD OF CUMULUS. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ALOFT WERE BRINGING IN DRIER AIR OVER REGION. IN ADDITION SUBSIDENCE CONDITIONS WERE MOVING INTO TO THE REGION BEHIND UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE...AS INDICATED IN THE WATER VAPOR LOOP. RAIN CHANCES QUITE LOW TONIGHT WITH ABOVE CONDITIONS. CAN NOT REALLY RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM HOWEVER. CAPES WILL RANGE FROM ZERO OVER WESTERN HALF TO AROUND 1500 J/KG OVER EXTREME EASTERN SECTIONS. THINKING AT THIS TIME...IS TO HAVE A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF STORMS ONLY IN EASTERN ZONES. COLD FRONT MOVES IN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL BE LIMITED IN SOUTHERN ZONES WITH FRONT COMING IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...WHERE FRONT WILL BE LOCATED IN THE AFTERNOON AT TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING. THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY....MOIST AIR RETURNS WITH WARM FRONT... AND WEAK SHORTWAVES...SMALL POPS WARRANTED. SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT AS COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH. SLIGHT CHANCES OF RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH MOISTURE RETURNING FROM GULF. PRELIM CCF... ABI 061/080/058/084/068 --12 SJT 064/086/062/087/068 --22 JCT 066/089/066/087/068 1122 .SJT...NONE. 04
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 8, 9:30 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
TXZ066-072-073-077-128-139-140-154-155-168-170-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 930 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... THE TORNADO WATCH...ISSUED AT 445 PM CDT...HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SCHLEICHER...TOM GREEN...RUNNELS...AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THESE COUNTIES AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO THREATEN AGAIN THIS EVENING. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COLEMAN...BROWN...CONCHO... MCCULLOCH...SAN SABA...MENARD...AND MASON COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE READY TO QUICKLY MOVE TO SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. ALSO...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 70 min |
| May 8, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 65 min |
| May 8, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 60 min |
| May 8, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 54 min |
| May 8, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 59 min |
| May 8, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 60 min |
| May 8, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.