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Tornado Warning 49, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 8, 2002Coleman County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2002, 4:26 PM CDT for Coleman County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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 8, 2002, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Coleman County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 4:37 PM CDTHail 1.75Coleman, TXAmateur radio spotter reported golfball size hail south of Coleman.
May 8, 4:37 PM CDTHail 1.75Coleman, TXState police reported golfball size hail northeast of Coleman.

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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1115 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 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
1115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 082126
TORSJT
TXC083-082230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
425 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 420 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A   
TORNADO DEVELOPING NEAR COLEMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   BURKETT...SANTA ANNA...AND ECHO

TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE 
NOT SAFE.

LAT...LON 3183 9955 3171 9939 3174 9928 3200 9920
          3206 9941

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, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTaylor65 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, 4:29 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

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.