Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 194
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 1, 1999, 8:30 PM CDT for 41 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 1999, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1999, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties
Andrews County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Ector County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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
12 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| May 1, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 32 min |
| May 1, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 58 min |
| May 1, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Swisher | 34 min |
| May 1, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 28 min |
| May 1, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 34 min |
| May 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 48 min |
| May 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 58 min |
| May 1, 10:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| May 1, 11:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 61 min |
| May 1, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 64 min |
| May 2, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent, Stonewall | 49 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.