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Tornado Warning 11, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2002, 1:09 PM CST for Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 30, 2002, 1:09 PM CST (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2002, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Runnels County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 1:25 PM CST | Hail 1 | Winters, TX | |
| Mar 30, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Norton, TX | A large tornado touched down in an open field northwest of Norton in northeast Runnels County. Little damage was reported. |
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 tornado 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 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSJT 301909 TORSJT TXC399-302000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 109 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RUNNELS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 200 PM CST * AT 106 PM CST...AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF BROTE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... NORTON AT 120 PM CST A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. LAT...LON 3202 10023 3178 10022 3182 9997 3203 9998
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Mar 30, 11:31 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 11:31 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1131 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002 ZONE UPDATE RECENTLY SENT TO REMOVE SEVERE TSTORM WATCH. MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO FIRST PERIOD POPS AND TEMPS. UPPER LOW WAS CENTERED OVER THE TRANS PECOS REGION...PER 1545Z WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. A SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDED E-W ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY. MOST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT... WHILE PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WERE IN PLACE JUST EAST OF THE LOW UPPER LOW CENTER. EXPERIMENTAL GOES SOUNDINGS ESTIMATED CAPES OF 1000 TO 1500 J/KG OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AT 14Z. HAVE MAINTAINED CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THESE AREAS FOR THE AFTERNOON PERIOD. 14
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 30, 8:33 AM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX
833 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0727 PM ROSCOE TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/29/02 NOLAN
1005 PM TUSCOLA TX TORNADO
03/30/02 TAYLOR BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
1030 PM 12 S BAIRD TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02 CALLAHANLocal storm report, Mar 30, 11:56 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED EVENT DATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX
1156 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0727 PM ROSCOE TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/29/02 NOLAN
1005 PM TUSCOLA TX TORNADO
03/29/02 TAYLOR BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
1030 PM 12 S BAIRD TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02 CALLAHANLocal storm report, Mar 30, 12:10 PM CST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX
1210 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0727 PM ROSCOE TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/29/02 NOLAN
1005 PM TUSCOLA TX TORNADO
03/29/02 TAYLOR BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
1010 PM TUSCOLA TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02 TAYLOR
1010 PM VIEW TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02 TAYLOR
1025 PM 2 E POTOSI TX WIND DAMAGE
03/29/02 TAYLOR ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN
1030 PM 12 S BAIRD TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02 CALLAHAN
1034 PM EULA TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02 CALLAHANThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Nolan | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 7:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke, Sterling | 49 min |
| Mar 29, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Nolan | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 9:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke, Nolan | 24 min |
| Mar 29, 9:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan | 46 min |
| Mar 29, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 46 min |
| Mar 29, 11:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 66 min |
| Mar 30, 12:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 1:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 54 min |
| Mar 30, 1:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 4:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 61 min |
| Mar 30, 12:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 21 min |
| Mar 30, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 2:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Taylor | 56 min |
| Mar 30, 2:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 3:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 56 min |
| Mar 30, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Jones, Taylor | 59 min |
| Mar 30, 3:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 35 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.