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Tornado Warning 66, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 27, 2002Coke County, Sterling County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2002, 3:44 PM CDT for Coke County, Sterling 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 27, 2002, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2002, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coke County, TX, Sterling County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 3:53 PM CDTTornado F0Robert Lee, TXAmateur radio spotters as well as an off duty NWS employee observed a tornado over the upper end of E.V. Spence Reservoir. The tornado was observed for about six minutes.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 12:00Z on 2002-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1553 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 272044
TORSJT
TXC081-431-272145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
343 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  STERLING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
  COKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SILVER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF STERLING CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   SPENCE RESERVOIR
   SILVER
   SANCO
   ROUGH CREEK PARK 

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

LAT...LON 3208 10093 3193 10095 3184 10055 3207 10053

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan63 min
May 26, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan63 min
May 26, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor55 min
May 26, 10:03 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan57 min
May 26, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor63 min
May 26, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan44 min
May 27, 12:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher69 min
May 27, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones59 min
May 27, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher66 min
May 27, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford57 min
May 27, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTFisher, Nolan56 min
May 27, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling56 min
May 27, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan57 min
May 27, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke37 min
May 27, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels76 min
May 27, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke48 min
May 27, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green63 min
May 27, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling61 min
May 27, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho55 min
May 27, 5:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke, Sterling3 hr
May 27, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman77 min
May 27, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke54 min
May 27, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch64 min
May 27, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling64 min
May 27, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke62 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch, San Saba59 min
May 27, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels65 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.