Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 197
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 3, 1999, 6:15 PM CDT for 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1999, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1999, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties
Coke County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Martin County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Real County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
20 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mitchell | 62 min |
| May 3, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 78 min |
| May 3, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 79 min |
| May 3, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 58 min |
| May 3, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mitchell | 65 min |
| May 3, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mitchell, Nolan | 83 min |
| May 3, 8:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Sterling | 3 hr |
| May 3, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 79 min |
| May 3, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 64 min |
| May 3, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 66 min |
| May 3, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Taylor | 58 min |
| May 3, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke | 3 hr |
| May 3, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 79 min |
| May 3, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 62 min |
| May 3, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 83 min |
| May 3, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 65 min |
| May 3, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke, Tom Green | 63 min |
| May 3, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 45 min |
| May 3, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Runnels | 76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Wichita, Wilbarger | 5 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.