Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Mar 30, 2002, 1:53 AM CST (07:53 UTC)

Expired

Mar 30, 2002, 2:45 AM CST

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County San Saba County, TX

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.

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WUUS54 KSJT 300753
SVRSJT
TXC411-300845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
152 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SAN SABA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 245 AM CST

* AT 150 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELM GROVE...OR ABOUT 13
  MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHLAND SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   SKEETERVILLE AT 205 AM CST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.


LAT...LON 3144 9908 3131 9909 3139 9879 3147 9902

NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 29, 2:40 PM CST, 11 hours 13 minutes earlier.

WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
240 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

COMPLICATED PATTERN CURRENTLY. COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SLOW AS IT
DRIFTS SOUTH THROUGH THE BIG COUNTRY AND IS NOW LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF
ABILENE. UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINNING OVER SOUTHERN BORDER BETWEEN AZ AND
NM. WESTERN EDGE OF MOISTURE PLUME ASSOCIATED WITH STJ HAD BISECTED
THE CWA EARLIER... ALLOWING TEMPS TO RISE MORE THAN ANTICIPATED OVER
WESTERN SECTIONS. LATEST VIS LOOP SHOWING LARGE AREA OF DEVELOPING CU
OVER SOUTHWESTERN TX WHERE AFTERNOON TEMPS ROSE TO 90 AND ABOVE UNDER
SUNNY SKIES.

MODELS CONTINUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT OF UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WITH LATEST
AVN TRACKING THE SYSTEM OVER CWA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. EXPECT COLD
FRONT TO STALL OVER CENTRAL PORTION OF CWA THIS EVENING WITH SURFACE
LOW DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN PORTION OF CWA AND MOVING EAST ALONG THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY SATURDAY MORNING. NOSE OF 40+KT MID LEVEL JET FCSTD
TO BE IN SW CWA AT MIDNIGHT AND MOVE TO WELL EAST OF CWA BY NOON
SATURDAY. BEST 850-700H DIV Q MOVES QUICKLY EAST OVERNIGHT TO THE
EASTERN PORTION OF CWA BY NOON TOMORROW WHERE TRIPLE POINT WILL BE
LOCATED... THEREFORE LOOKS LIKE AN AFTER MIDNIGHT TO EARLY MORNING
EVENT PRIMARILY. DRYSLOT WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING WITH RAIN CHANCES ENDING CWA WIDE MY MIDNIGHT
SATURDAY.

NEXT SYSTEM SLATED TO ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY WHICH SHOULD ONLY SERVE AS
A TEMPORARY COOL DOWN ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO REBOUND ON
THURSDAY TO NEAR CLIMO BY FRIDAY.

CCF PRELIMS...

ABI 054/062/042/068 3851
SJT 058/069/044/070 4720
JCT 059/071/045/073 4730

.SJT...NONE.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.