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Tornado Warning 48, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 7, 2002Taylor County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2002, 10:10 PM CDT for Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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
May 7, 2002, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2002, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Taylor County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 10:28 PM CDTHail 1Abilene, TXQuarter size hail feel at the intersection of south first and Willis in Abilene.
May 7, 10:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Abilene, TXGolfball size hail feel at Abilene Christian University.

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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 2002-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 080310 CCA
TORSJT
TXC441-080415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1008 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002

CORRECTED TO ADD TYE AND DYESS AFB TO THE WARNING

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1005 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DYESS AFB...OR ABOUT 10    
 MILES   SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   TYE AND DYESS AFB AT 1015 PM CDT
   ABILENE AT 1020 PM CDT

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

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AND ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE
IN THE DARK. TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A STURDY BUILDING NOW.

LAT...LON 3248 10000 3231 9994 3244 9964 3249 9972
          3251 9987

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling58 min
May 7, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke54 min
May 7, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan58 min
May 7, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan56 min
May 7, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke11 min
May 7, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Taylor64 min
May 7, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTJones50 min
May 7, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTaylor60 min
May 7, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan29 min
May 7, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTShackelford56 min
May 7, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan39 min
May 7, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTaylor66 min
May 7, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher36 min
May 7, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford79 min
May 8, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman67 min
May 8, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTColeman64 min
May 8, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan61 min
May 8, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTBrown53 min
May 8, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTBrown23 min
May 8, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch57 min
May 8, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown64 min
May 8, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman47 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.