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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS San Angelo, TX

September 19, 2002Irion County, Tom Green County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2002, 1:13 AM CDT for Irion County, Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2002, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2002, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Irion County, TX, Tom Green 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 18, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1068 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1068 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 Sep 18, 10:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 10:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
851 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002

ZONE UPDATE JUST SENT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. LINE OF
MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NW PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA. MAIN THREAT TO BE WIND. HAVE INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY
IN THE NORTHWEST...GIVEN LINEAR NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION AND
ADJUSTED WINDS THURSDAY.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 18, 7:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX
750 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0710 PM    6E ANSON                  TX   WIND DAMAGE
09/18/02   JONES                          BARN DESTROYED
                                          VEHICLE WINDOWS
                                          BROKEN
Local storm report, Sep 18, 8:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX
840 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0710 PM    6E ANSON                  TX   WIND DAMAGE
09/18/02   JONES                          BARN DESTROYED
                                          VEHICLE WINDOWS
                                          BROKEN

0726 PM    5SW ABILENE               TX   WIND DAMAGE
09/18/02   TAYLOR                         POWER LINES DOWN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher67 min
Sep 18, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones87 min
Sep 19, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett52 min

Nearby

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

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.