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Tornado Warning 72, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 13, 2002Taylor County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2002, 7:46 PM CDT for Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. 6 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
Jun 13, 2002, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Taylor County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDTHail 1.75Tye, TX
Jun 13, 8:08 PM CDTTornado F0Tye, TXEye witness at a truck stop in Tye saw the tornado coming at her. She alerted the people inside the truck stop to take shelter. She said the Tornado dissipated right before hitting the gas pumps.
Jun 13, 8:10 PM CDTHail 2.75Tye, TXBaseball size hail moved through the community of Tye causing significant damage to homes and automobiles. Five people were injured by the hail and broken glass.
Jun 13, 8:10 PM CDTHail 2Dyess Afb, TXObserver at Dyess Airforce Base reported two inch diameter hail.
Jun 13, 8:22 PM CDTHail 2.75View, TXA storm spotter reported damage to his home and several of his vehicles. This damage was caused by baseball size hail.
Jun 13, 8:48 PM CDTHail 1.75Buffalo Gap, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 2002-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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 2002-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-455 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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 140046
TORSJT
TXC441-140145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
745 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 11 MILES NORTH OF TYE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH
  OF ANSON...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   TYE...ABILENE AT 805 PM CDT
   DYESS AFB AT 810 PM CDT
   VIEW AT 825 PM CDT
   BUFFALO GAP AT 830 PM CDT
   TUSCOLA...LAWN AT 845 PM CDT

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

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING 
WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE WESTERN HALF OF 
ABILENE WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL.

LAT...LON 3251 9972 3251 9999 3214 10007 3211 9970

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTJones41 min
Jun 13, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell54 min
Jun 13, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green52 min
Jun 13, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett71 min
Jun 13, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor30 min
Jun 13, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels83 min
Jun 13, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green58 min
Jun 13, 9:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTIrion2 hr
Jun 13, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford55 min
Jun 13, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher58 min
Jun 13, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell63 min
Jun 13, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Sutton57 min
Jun 13, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford12 min
Jun 13, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green58 min
Jun 13, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones63 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.