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Tornado Warning 70, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 4, 2002Throckmorton County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2002, 8:31 PM CDT for Throckmorton County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
Jun 4, 2002, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Throckmorton County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2002-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1816 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1816 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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 050131
TORSJT
TXC447-050230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
829 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 829 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 25 MILES WEST OF THROCKMORTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  EAST OF HASKELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   THROCKMORTON AT 915 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED A TORNADO IN HASKELL COUNTY.  

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STRONG
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE AND GET
INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3334 9942 3301 9942 3310 9900 3339 9905

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell70 min
Jun 4, 7:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTHaskell3 hr
Jun 4, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTHaskell56 min
Jun 4, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTJones64 min
Jun 4, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton27 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.