Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 149
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 13, 1999, 4:15 PM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 1999, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 1999, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties
Borden County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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
28 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 30 min |
| Apr 13, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin | 32 min |
| Apr 13, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland | 32 min |
| Apr 13, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 30 min |
| Apr 13, 6:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reagan | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mitchell | 62 min |
| Apr 13, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 33 min |
| Apr 13, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 88 min |
| Apr 13, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 28 min |
| Apr 13, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 80 min |
| Apr 13, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mitchell, Nolan | 61 min |
| Apr 13, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher | 65 min |
| Apr 13, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mitchell | 62 min |
| Apr 13, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Jones | 80 min |
| Apr 13, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion, Tom Green | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones, Taylor | 48 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 13, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 33 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
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.