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Tornado Watch 344

May 14, 19989 counties in Oklahoma; 18 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 14, 1998, 7:00 PM CDT for 9 counties in Oklahoma; 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1998, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1998, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties

Beckham County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Motley County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens43 min
May 14, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress45 min
May 14, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth63 min
May 14, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Motley31 min
May 14, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza34 min
May 14, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress36 min
May 14, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Harmon43 min
May 14, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAWheeler32 min
May 14, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Motley32 min
May 14, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth29 min
May 14, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBChildress118 min
May 14, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer38 min
May 14, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress50 min
May 14, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills35 min
May 14, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon43 min
May 14, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Ellis, Roger Mills45 min
May 14, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer38 min
May 14, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress33 min
May 14, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward43 min
May 14, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills50 min
May 14, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon45 min
May 14, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer42 min
May 14, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods44 min

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 00:00Z on 1998-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
May 14, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 22 more6 hr
May 15, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCotton, Tillman5 hr
May 15, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 34 more6 hr
May 15, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLove, Marshall6 hr
May 15, 5:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKay, Nowata, Osage, Washington6 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.