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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 458

June 16, 199716 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 16, 1997, 11:00 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1997, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1997, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Burnet County, TX, Concho County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Real County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 11:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSutton92 min

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1997-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4398 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 1997-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
4398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-1.2
Supercell composite
-5.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar and 3 more6 hr
Jun 16, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass and 41 more7 hr
Jun 17, 6:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Hardin, Jasper, Liberty, Newton, Polk and 4 more6 hr
Jun 17, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Caldwell, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado and 22 more6 hr
Jun 17, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, Duval and 18 more6 hr

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.