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Tornado Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 5, 2003Haskell County, Jones County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2003, 3:28 PM CST for Haskell County, Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Apr 5, 2003, 3:28 PM CST (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2003, 4:30 PM CST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Haskell County, TX, Jones County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 5, 1:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 12:00Z on 2003-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2003-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

265 
WFUS54 KSJT 052128
TORSJT
TXC207-253-052230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
327 PM CST SAT APR 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HASKELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  NORTHERN JONES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 325 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAGERTON...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES NORTH OF HAMLIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   SAGERTON AT 340 PM CST
   RULE AT 350 PM CST
   STAMFORD AT 355 PM CST
   HASKELL AT 405 PM CST

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOS. 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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3321 9996 3291 10015 3293 9966 3335 9952

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 2:25 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTFisher50 min
Apr 5, 4:19 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTHaskell, Throckmorton56 min
Apr 5, 4:42 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTShackelford48 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.