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Tornado Watch 575

July 5, 19975 counties in New Mexico; 17 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jul 5, 1997, 4:00 PM MDT for 5 counties in New Mexico; 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1997, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1997, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties

Chaves County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Bailey County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves67 min
Jul 5, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt57 min
Jul 5, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey63 min
Jul 5, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, De Baca, Roosevelt60 min
Jul 5, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer58 min
Jul 5, 6:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Lamb59 min
Jul 5, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca, Roosevelt57 min
Jul 5, 6:44 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBailey2 hr
Jul 5, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey61 min
Jul 5, 7:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOchiltree56 min

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 1997-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 435 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 1997-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
435 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.