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Tornado Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 7, 2002Menard County, Schleicher County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2002, 4:24 PM CDT for Menard County, Schleicher County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 4 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
Apr 7, 2002, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Menard County, TX, Schleicher County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 7, 4:35 PM CDTHail 0.88Eldorado, TX
Apr 7, 4:45 PM CDTHail 1Ft Mckavett, TX
Apr 7, 4:59 PM CDTHail 0.75Menard, TX
Apr 7, 5:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Menard, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1329 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 311 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
1329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 072124
TORSJT
TXC327-413-072230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
423 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SCHLEICHER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
  MENARD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 423 PM CDT...SAN ANGELO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 16   
MILES WEST OF FORT MCKAVETT...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF   
ELDORADO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   FORT MCKAVETT AT 435 PM CDT
   MENARD AT 500 PM CDT
 

A TORNADO HAD BEEN REPORTED EARLIER WITH THIS STORM TAKE COVER IN A 
STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

LAT...LON 3073 10009 3071 10039 3083 10044 3108 9976
          3087 9950 3076 9998

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor31 min
Apr 7, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling58 min
Apr 7, 2:02 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCrockett58 min
Apr 7, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell40 min
Apr 7, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCrockett48 min
Apr 7, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton53 min
Apr 7, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling65 min
Apr 7, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor33 min
Apr 7, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green46 min
Apr 7, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke58 min
Apr 7, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell41 min
Apr 7, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSchleicher, Sutton65 min
Apr 7, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTThrockmorton60 min
Apr 7, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels35 min
Apr 7, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor63 min
Apr 7, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan61 min
Apr 7, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford53 min
Apr 7, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones65 min
Apr 7, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett62 min
Apr 7, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTThrockmorton2 hr
Apr 7, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels66 min
Apr 7, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher53 min
Apr 7, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTThrockmorton48 min
Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch62 min
Apr 7, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown56 min
Apr 7, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, Menard65 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.