Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 129
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 7, 1999, 10:30 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma; 33 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 1999, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1999, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties
Beaver County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 58 min |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 18 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Texas, 1999Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 1999Every tornado watch in 1999
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.