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Tornado Warning 63, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 26, 2002Nolan County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2002, 8:57 PM CDT for Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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 26, 2002, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Nolan County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 9:17 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Maryneal, TX	Spotters reported a brief tornado.
May 26, 9:19 PM CDT	Hail 1	Roscoe, 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 904 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2410 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 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 270157
TORSJT
TXC353-270300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
857 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NOLAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF CHAMPION...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ROSCOE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   ROSCOE AT 905 PM CDT
   SWEETWATER AT 925 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3251 10066 3226 10065 3230 10025 3251 10031

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan	63 min
May 26, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Taylor	55 min
May 26, 10:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Nolan	57 min
May 26, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Taylor	63 min
May 26, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan	44 min
May 27, 12:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	69 min
May 27, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Jones	59 min
May 27, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	66 min
May 27, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Shackelford	57 min
May 27, 2:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Fisher, Nolan	56 min
May 27, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Sterling	56 min
May 27, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Nolan	57 min
May 27, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coke, Sterling	61 min
May 27, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke	37 min
May 27, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Runnels	76 min
May 27, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke	48 min
May 27, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Tom Green	63 min
May 27, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Sterling	61 min
May 27, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho	55 min
May 27, 5:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Coke, Sterling	3 hr
May 27, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman	77 min
May 27, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke	54 min
May 27, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch	64 min
May 27, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Sterling	64 min
May 27, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke	62 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	McCulloch, San Saba	59 min
May 27, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Runnels	65 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.