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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 435

June 14, 1997Cotton County, Jackson County, Tillman County, Oklahoma; 36 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 14, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT for Cotton County, Jackson County, Tillman County, Oklahoma; 36 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1997, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Cotton County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, Kimble County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green63 min
Jun 14, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry33 min
Jun 14, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher76 min
Jun 14, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTFisher77 min
Jun 14, 7:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSterling4 hr
Jun 14, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress44 min
Jun 14, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green61 min
Jun 14, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke62 min
Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell60 min
Jun 14, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTJones64 min
Jun 14, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan64 min
Jun 14, 8:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green4 hr
Jun 14, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTaylor75 min
Jun 14, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTJones63 min
Jun 14, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox43 min
Jun 14, 9:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTShackelford66 min
Jun 14, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels47 min
Jun 14, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman47 min
Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard65 min
Jun 14, 9:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTNolan4 hr
Jun 14, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman30 min
Jun 14, 10:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCallahan2 hr
Jun 14, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman29 min
Jun 14, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay37 min

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 284 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4724 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
4724 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJefferson, Love, Marshall6 hr
Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Texas5 hr
Jun 15, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bee, Bexar, DeWitt, Duval, Goliad and 13 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1997

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.