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Tornado Watch 151

April 13, 199937 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 13, 1999, 9:15 PM CDT for 37 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 1999, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 1999, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kimble County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan64 min
Apr 13, 9:17 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke63 min
Apr 13, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green50 min
Apr 13, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford81 min
Apr 13, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Taylor48 min
Apr 13, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green47 min
Apr 13, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels50 min
Apr 13, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton47 min
Apr 13, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green51 min
Apr 13, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor48 min
Apr 13, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman75 min
Apr 13, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens49 min
Apr 14, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise42 min

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1999-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1999-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -128 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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
Apr 13, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaylor, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby and 18 more5 hr
Apr 14, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Collin, Coryell and 34 more6 hr
Apr 14, 10:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty and 8 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.