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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 213

April 28, 200031 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 28, 2000, 7:45 PM CDT for 31 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2000, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2000, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Terry County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell54 min
Apr 29, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock, Lynn, Terry52 min

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2000-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1286 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 2000-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1286 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.2

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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 29, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Coke and 34 more7 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2000

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.