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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2002, 7:40 PM CDT for McCulloch County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2002, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County McCulloch County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lohn, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
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 25, 3:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 3:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 306 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002 COLD FRONT HAS STALLED ALONG A STERLING CITY...WINTERS...CROSS PLAINS LINE AT 20Z...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO THE NORTH AND 80S TO THE SOUTH. CLEARING FROM EAST TO WEST HAD TAKEN PLACE SOUTH OF THE FRONT...DUE TO OUTFLOW FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVE THROUGH BROWN COUNTY MID MORNING. ATMOSPHERE WAS UNSTABLE AGAIN TODAY. 17Z SATELLITE BASE CAPES IN OUR SOUTHEASTERN ZONES WERE AROUND 2500 J/KG. TOWARD THE BIG BEND AND TRANSPECOS CAPES WERE 4500 J/KG. CAP WAS NEARLY NON EXISTANT WITH SATELLITE BASED CINH VALUES CLOSE TO ZERO. BEST CHANCES OF STORM DEVELOPMENT ARE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT TODAY. FRONT AND OLD THUNDERSTORM BOUNDARIES WILL HELP INITIATE STORMS. ALSO...STORMS THAT FORM IN THE TRANSPECOS AREAS WILL MOVE EAST INTO EDWARDS PLATEAU. WITH FAIRLY WEAK WINDS ALOFT...STORM SPEED WILL BE SLOW SO THERE WILL BE THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. SINCE ITS BEEN SO DRY IN THE CONCHO VALLEY...EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HEARTLAND FOR THE MONTH OF MAY...WILL NOT PUT OUT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME HOWEVER. HAIL WILL AGAIN BE THE BIGGEST THREAT. THOUGH SMALL...WITH WEAK VERTICAL SHEAR ALONG FRONT (LIGHT NORTH EAST WINDS NEAR SURFACE TO SOUTH ALOFT) THERE IS A THAN OF A COUPLE ROTATING STORMS. SUNDAY NIGHT...SOME UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE INDICATED AS A SHORTWAVE MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH NEW MEXICO...THEN MOVES EAST ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ON MONDAY. WESTERN SECTIONS ARE MORE FAVORED FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE BIG COUNTRY HAVING THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MEMORIAL DAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS WILL EXIST TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WILL HAVE NORTH/NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. PRELIMS... ABI 060/082/064/083/066 3243 SJT 066/084/065/084/067 7232 JCT 067/085/065/087/067 7222 .SJT...NONE. 04
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 1:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke | 4 hr |
| May 25, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke | 4 hr |
| May 25, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Runnels | 3 hr |
| May 25, 8:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 3 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.