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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 129

April 2, 19975 counties in New Mexico; 24 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 2, 1997, 2:30 PM MST for 5 counties in New Mexico; 24 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 1997, 2:30 PM MST (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 1997, 8:00 PM MST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

17 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 2:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARoberts30 min
Apr 2, 2:56 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson64 min
Apr 2, 3:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill62 min
Apr 2, 3:23 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay62 min
Apr 2, 3:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt45 min
Apr 2, 4:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro46 min
Apr 2, 4:42 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley, Gray48 min
Apr 2, 5:09 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro31 min
Apr 2, 5:11 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith64 min
Apr 2, 5:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay60 min
Apr 2, 6:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray57 min
Apr 2, 6:21 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningAMAGray3 hr
Apr 2, 6:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay55 min
Apr 2, 6:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth65 min
Apr 2, 7:05 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley4 hr
Apr 2, 7:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth65 min
Apr 2, 7:52 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAWheeler63 min

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 427 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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.