Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2002, 1:01 PM CDT for Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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 27, 2002, 1:01 PM CDT (18:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2002, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jones County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Hawley, 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 1553 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
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 27, 3:26 AM CDT, 9 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:26 AM CDT, 9 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 27, 7:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-271500- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 735 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2002 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF NEW MEXICO AND ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND WELL INTO THE NIGHT. ALTHOUGH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA TODAY...THE GREATEST POTENTIAL WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY WHERE THE INTERSECTION OF THE DRYLINE AND A WEAK WARM FRONT WILL COMBINE TO HELP FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO OR TWO IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND ESPECIALLY OVER THE BIG COUNTRY...WHERE BETTER WIND SHEAR WILL PROFILE WILL BE IN PLACE NORTH OF A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY. IN ADDITION WITH ALL OF THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND THE BIG COUNTRY THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...THERE IS A CHANCE THAT FLASH FLOODING COULD BECOME A THREAT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DROP AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS AND OUTLOOKS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES ACROSS TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...AND NEW MEXICO. 27/BRAZZELL
Local storm report, May 27, 9:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX
0940 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2002
ADDED SOME LATER REPORTS
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0917 PM 5 NW MARYNEAL TX TORNADO
05/26/02 NOLAN BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
0919 PM ROSCOE TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/26/02 NOLAN
0929 PM VIEW TX 65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/26/02 TAYLOR REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER
1030 PM ROSCOE 12S TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/26/02 NOLAN
1040 PM SWEETWATER 1N TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
5/26/02 NOLAN
1048 PM 8 E BLACKWELL TX TORNADO
05/26/02 NOLAN BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
0005 AM NOLAN TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/27/02 NOLAN WIND BROKE SECURITY
LIGHTThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 63 min |
| May 26, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Nolan | 63 min |
| May 26, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 55 min |
| May 26, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Nolan | 57 min |
| May 26, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 63 min |
| May 26, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 44 min |
| May 27, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 69 min |
| May 27, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 66 min |
| May 27, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 57 min |
| May 27, 2:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher, Nolan | 56 min |
| May 27, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 56 min |
| May 27, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Nolan | 57 min |
| May 27, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke, Sterling | 61 min |
| May 27, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 37 min |
| May 27, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 76 min |
| May 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 48 min |
| May 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Tom Green | 63 min |
| May 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 61 min |
| May 27, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 55 min |
| May 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke, Sterling | 3 hr |
| May 27, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 77 min |
| May 27, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 54 min |
| May 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 64 min |
| May 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 64 min |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 62 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 59 min |
| May 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 65 min |
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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.