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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 81

March 10, 20007 counties in Oklahoma; 30 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 10, 2000, 5:15 AM CST for 7 counties in Oklahoma; 30 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2000, 5:15 AM CST (11:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2000, 11:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Archer County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Morris County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 5:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung49 min
Mar 10, 7:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung36 min
Mar 10, 7:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River64 min
Mar 10, 8:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland44 min
Mar 10, 9:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath45 min
Mar 10, 9:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood25 min
Mar 10, 10:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant60 min
Mar 10, 10:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton42 min

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2000-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2000-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 10, 9:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Burnet, Collin, Coryell, Dallas and 35 more5 hr
Mar 10, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Chambers, Fort Bend, Grimes, Hardin, Harris and 16 more6 hr
Mar 10, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco and 42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.