Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 62
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 1, 2000, 7:45 PM MST for Curry County, Lea County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2000, 7:45 PM MST (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2000, 1:00 AM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties
Curry County, NM, Lea County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Loving County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 11:42 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 63 min |
| Mar 2, 12:11 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 12:27 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 12:28 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 12:35 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 12:39 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 12:49 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 12:50 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 55 min |
| Mar 2, 12:51 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 24 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 784 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS9 KMKC 020216 MKC WW 020216 NMZ000-TXZ000-020800- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 62 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 816 PM CST WED MAR 1 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO WEST TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 845 PM UNTIL 200 AM CST. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDLAND TEXAS TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PLAINVIEW TEXAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF WARM FRONT AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA. STEEP LAPSE RATES AND SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS WILL FAVOR LARGE HAIL FORMATION AND PERHAPS ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030. ...VESCIO ;313,1035 344,1032 344,1003 313,1011;
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:00 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Brown and 48 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:15 PM MST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Archer, Bosque, Clay, Collin, Comanche and 29 more | 6 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.