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Tornado Warning 46, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2002, 9:34 PM CDT for Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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 7, 2002, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2002, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Shackelford County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Albany, 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 nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 2532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 20.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KSJT 080234 TORSJT TXC417-080330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 932 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SHACKELFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 932 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABILENE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 351 IN 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY AT 945 ALBANY AT 955 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. LAT...LON 3272 9959 3253 9959 3256 9910 3288 9913
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 58 min |
| May 7, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 54 min |
| May 7, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 58 min |
| May 7, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Nolan | 56 min |
| May 7, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 11 min |
| May 7, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones, Taylor | 64 min |
| May 7, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Jones | 50 min |
| May 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Taylor | 60 min |
| May 7, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Nolan | 29 min |
| May 7, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 39 min |
| May 7, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Taylor | 66 min |
| May 7, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Taylor | 65 min |
| May 7, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 36 min |
| May 7, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 79 min |
| May 8, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 67 min |
| May 8, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coleman | 64 min |
| May 8, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan | 61 min |
| May 8, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 53 min |
| May 8, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 23 min |
| May 8, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 57 min |
| May 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 64 min |
| May 8, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 47 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.