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Tornado Warning 37, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 4, 2002Fisher County, Nolan County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2002, 10:42 PM CDT for Fisher County, Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
May 4, 2002, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2002, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fisher County, TX, Nolan County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 11:25 PM CDTHail 1.75Sweetwater, TXHail to the size of golfballs was reported in the city of Sweetwater.

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
May 4, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2002-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 806 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 2002-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
806 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 050342
TORSJT
TXC151-353-050445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1042 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FISHER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
  NORTHERN NOLAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF FISHER COUNTY     
  NEAR THE NOLAN COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WAS 13 MILES WEST OF        
  SWEETWATER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSCOE...MOVING EAST AT 
  25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   SWEETWATER AT 1100 PM CDT
   LONGWORTH AT 1110 PM CDT

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES 
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

LARGE HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 

LAT...LON 3266 10065 3244 10065 3239 10018 3269 10018

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green115 min
May 4, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels65 min
May 4, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho71 min
May 4, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho70 min
May 4, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green20 min
May 4, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor61 min
May 4, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher47 min
May 4, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher45 min
May 4, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTFisher41 min
May 4, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho3 hr
May 4, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho63 min
May 4, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch72 min
May 4, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTFisher35 min
May 4, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho60 min
May 4, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTFisher34 min
May 4, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTJones73 min
May 4, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford49 min
May 4, 9:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMcCulloch3 hr
May 4, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba62 min
May 4, 10:17 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch43 min
May 4, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher65 min
May 4, 10:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba57 min
May 4, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford42 min
May 4, 11:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba31 min
May 4, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor74 min
May 4, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan28 min
May 4, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan63 min
May 5, 12:57 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan, Taylor63 min
May 5, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels44 min
May 5, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor33 min
May 5, 2:45 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan45 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.