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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 116

March 25, 200032 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 25, 2000, 11:45 PM CST for 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2000, 11:45 PM CST (05:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2000, 5:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Young County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant43 min
Mar 26, 12:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker67 min
Mar 26, 1:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant65 min
Mar 26, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro60 min
Mar 26, 2:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Johnson61 min
Mar 26, 2:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood53 min
Mar 26, 2:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell49 min
Mar 26, 3:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Navarro60 min
Mar 26, 3:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone46 min
Mar 26, 3:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee39 min
Mar 26, 3:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon48 min
Mar 26, 4:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston61 min

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 887 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
887 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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
Mar 26, 4:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes and 19 more6 hr
Mar 26, 5:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 21 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.