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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 29, 2002Fisher County, Nolan County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2002, 7:02 PM CST for Fisher County, Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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: Mar 29, 2002, 7:02 PM CST (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2002, 7:45 PM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fisher County, TX, Nolan County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 29, 7:27 PM CST	Hail 1	Roscoe, 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 305 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

993 
WUUS54 KSJT 300102
SVRSJT
TXC151-353-300145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
701 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FISHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
  NOLAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 657 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF CHAMPION...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  EAST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   ROSCOE AT 720 PM CST
   SWEETWATER AT 735 PM CST

HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3250 10083 3227 10075 3236 10025 3260 10030

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 7:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	30 min
Mar 29, 7:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Sterling	38 min
Mar 29, 8:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coke, Sterling	49 min
Mar 29, 8:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Nolan	40 min
Mar 29, 9:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coke, Nolan	24 min
Mar 29, 9:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SJT	Nolan, Taylor	47 min
Mar 29, 9:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan, Taylor	48 min
Mar 29, 10:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan	46 min
Mar 29, 10:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion	46 min
Mar 29, 11:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Tom Green	66 min
Mar 30, 12:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, McCulloch	50 min
Mar 30, 1:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	54 min
Mar 30, 1:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	San Saba	52 min
Mar 30, 4:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Tom Green	61 min
Mar 30, 12:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coke	53 min
Mar 30, 1:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SJT	Runnels	51 min
Mar 30, 1:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coke	27 min
Mar 30, 2:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Runnels	60 min
Mar 30, 2:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Brown	21 min
Mar 30, 2:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan, Taylor	35 min
Mar 30, 2:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SJT	Taylor	56 min
Mar 30, 2:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SJT	Callahan	38 min
Mar 30, 3:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell	56 min
Mar 30, 3:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SJT	Jones, Taylor	59 min
Mar 30, 3:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SJT	Callahan	33 min
Mar 30, 5:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Throckmorton	35 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.