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Tornado Warning 55, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 24, 2002Callahan County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2002, 8:43 PM CDT for Callahan County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2002, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2002, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Callahan County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1270 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 250143
TORSJT
TXC059-250245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
843 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER CLYDE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF BAIRD...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   BAIRD AT 850 PM CDT
   PUTNAM AT 910 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3251 9956 3234 9959 3225 9913 3246 9912

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTaylor60 min
May 24, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan66 min
May 24, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTHaskell65 min
May 24, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Jones55 min
May 24, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford78 min
May 24, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTNolan, Taylor2 hr
May 24, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels, Taylor63 min
May 24, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan81 min
May 24, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels63 min
May 24, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman72 min
May 24, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan61 min
May 24, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan76 min
May 24, 9:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTRunnels3 hr
May 24, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels75 min
May 24, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman70 min
May 24, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho, Runnels62 min
May 25, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell70 min
May 25, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton69 min
May 25, 12:38 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTHaskell67 min
May 25, 1:15 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTThrockmorton60 min
May 25, 1:30 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTShackelford60 min
May 25, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton28 min
May 25, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford59 min
May 25, 2:44 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTShackelford61 min
May 25, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Throckmorton56 min
May 25, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford46 min
May 25, 4:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTThrockmorton4 hr
May 25, 8:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown69 min
May 25, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown33 min
May 25, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman69 min
May 25, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke61 min
May 25, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch59 min
May 25, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels56 min
May 25, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman56 min
May 25, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.