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Tornado Warning 4, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 19, 2002Menard County, Schleicher County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 19, 3:50 PM CSTHail 1.75Ft Mckavett, TXHail 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 19, 1:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1251 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Irion40 min
Mar 19, 3:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble32 min
Mar 19, 4:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason, Menard28 min
Mar 19, 8:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett52 min
Mar 19, 9:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher53 min
Mar 19, 12:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion29 min
Mar 19, 12:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green34 min
Mar 19, 12:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion36 min
Mar 19, 1:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green56 min
Mar 19, 1:20 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTTom Green40 min
Mar 19, 1:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green92 min
Mar 19, 1:48 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTConcho, Runnels, Tom Green57 min
Mar 19, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton35 min
Mar 19, 2:47 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTColeman, Runnels43 min
Mar 19, 4:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Menard57 min
Mar 19, 4:37 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch53 min
Mar 19, 5:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSJTMcCulloch3 hr
Mar 19, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba60 min
Mar 19, 5:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSJTBrown, San Saba3 hr
Mar 19, 5:34 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba41 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.