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Tornado Warning 62, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 25, 2002Shackelford County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2002, 2:44 AM CDT for Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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 25, 2002, 2:44 AM CDT (07:44 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2002, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
61 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 3:05 AM CDTHail 1Ibex, 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 250744
TORSJT
TXC417-250845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
243 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBANY...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   IBEX AT 310 AM CDT

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

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3288 9926 3272 9936 3253 9910 3285 9909

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, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan62 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, 2:49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.