Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2002, 7:29 PM CST for Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 6, 2002, 7:29 PM CST (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2002, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Taylor County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 7:36 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Tuscola, 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.
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 nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KSJT 070129
SVRSJT
TXC441-070200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
728 PM CST SAT APR 6 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 800 PM CST
* AT 723 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUSCOLA...OR ABOUT 10
MILES NORTH OF WINTERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
TUSCOLA...LAWN AT 740 PM CST
NEAR BUFFALO GAP AT 745 PM 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.
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 3214 10005 3209 9989 3210 9964 3224 9964
3241 9975What 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 Apr 6, 7:16 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 7:16 PM CST, 13 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 815 PM CST SAT APR 6 2002 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A WARM FRONT JUST SOUTH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY WHICH WAS PRODUCING AN EAST WIND AND FOG ACROSS THE REGION. THEREFORE HAD TO UPDATE AND INCLUDE MENTION OF FOG TONIGHT. THERE COULD BE AREAS OF DENSE FOG IN THE HILLS BUT WILL COVER THOSE ISOLATED AREAS IN THE NOWCAST. NEXT...HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES DOWN A TAD WITH A RISING TREND OVERNIGHT AS THE WARM FRONT SURGES NORTH. MEANWHILE...LATEST 88D LOOP DID SHOW TSTORMS INCREASING IN THE STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION AND IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING TROF. WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORING FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED SVR WIND GUSTS. A MODERATE RISK FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING SOME STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON SUNDAY AS A DRY LINE AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET MAX MOVE INTO DEEPER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. IN ADDITION...STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL ALSO AID IN SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILED INFORMATION ON ALL SEVERE WEATHER PLEASE GO TO THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV AND ALSO REFER TO OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJT .SJT...LAKE CAUTION ALL ZONES TONIGHT. GUERRERO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 2:29 PM CST, 5 hours before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-070000- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 229 PM CST SAT APR 6 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 10 PM. THE AREA UNDER A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE TO BALLINGER TO JUNCTION. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...BUT A DAMAGING WIND GUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE MAY OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DRYLINE ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE AS IT ENTERS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND TO KEEP TUNED TO WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY.
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 2:30 PM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-070000- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 230 PM CST SAT APR 6 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 10 PM. THE AREA UNDER A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE TO BALLINGER TO JUNCTION. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...BUT A DAMAGING WIND GUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE MAY OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DRYLINE ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE AS IT ENTERS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND TO KEEP TUNED TO WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY.
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 2:34 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-070000- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 234 PM CST SAT APR 6 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 10 PM. THE AREA UNDER A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE TO BALLINGER TO JUNCTION. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...BUT A DAMAGING WIND GUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE MAY OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DRYLINE ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE AS IT ENTERS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND TO KEEP TUNED TO WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY.
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 5:43 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-071200- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 543 PM CST SAT APR 6 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AND A MODERATE RISK OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY... TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 10 PM. THE AREA UNDER A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE TO BALLINGER TO JUNCTION. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...BUT A DAMAGING WIND GUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. ON SUNDAY...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DRYLINE ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE AS IT ENTERS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY NOON SUNDAY. WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND TO KEEP TUNED TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT BUT LIKELY ON SUNDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 58 min |
| Apr 7, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Crockett | 58 min |
| Apr 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Crockett | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 53 min |
| Apr 7, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 65 min |
| Apr 7, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 58 min |
| Apr 7, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher, Sutton | 65 min |
| Apr 7, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 60 min |
| Apr 7, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Runnels | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 63 min |
| Apr 7, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan | 61 min |
| Apr 7, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 53 min |
| Apr 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 65 min |
| Apr 7, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Runnels | 66 min |
| Apr 7, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 53 min |
| Apr 7, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Menard, Schleicher | 66 min |
| Apr 7, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, Menard | 65 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.