Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 4, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2002, 3:14 PM CST for Menard County, Schleicher County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2002, 3:14 PM CST (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2002, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Menard County, TX, Schleicher County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:50 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Ft Mckavett, TX | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in Fort McKavett in western Menard County. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 1:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSJT 192114 TORSJT TXC327-413-192215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 312 PM CST TUE MAR 19 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 415 PM CST * AT 308 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT MCKAVETT...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELDORADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... FORT MCKAVETT AT AROUND 335 PM CST MENARD AT AROUND 410 PM CST A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett, Irion | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 3:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 4:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason, Menard | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 8:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 9:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 53 min |
| Mar 19, 12:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 12:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 56 min |
| Mar 19, 1:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 1:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 92 min |
| Mar 19, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, Runnels, Tom Green | 57 min |
| Mar 19, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sutton | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 2:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coleman, Runnels | 43 min |
| Mar 19, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Menard | 57 min |
| Mar 19, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 53 min |
| Mar 19, 5:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 5:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Brown, San Saba | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | San Saba | 41 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.