Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 107
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 22, 2000, 1:15 AM CST for 29 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2000, 1:15 AM CST (07:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2000, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties
Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Martin County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Real County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
Warnings issued inside it
14 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 1:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 55 min |
| Mar 22, 1:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 62 min |
| Mar 22, 1:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 56 min |
| Mar 22, 2:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 52 min |
| Mar 22, 2:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 63 min |
| Mar 22, 2:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 62 min |
| Mar 22, 3:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 4:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin | 117 min |
| Mar 22, 4:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 62 min |
| Mar 22, 5:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
315 WWUS9 KMKC 220657 SEL7 MKC WW 220657 TXZ000-221200- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 107 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1257 AM CST WED MAR 22 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 600 AM CST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MIDLAND TEXAS TO 60 MILES EAST OF DEL RIO TEXAS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND 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. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 106. WATCH NUMBER 106 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 115 AM CST. DISCUSSION...STRONG LOW LEVEL VEERING PROFILES...COUPLED WITH CONTINUED RICH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE INFLOW AND UPSLOPE COMPONENT SUGGEST AN INCREASING THREAT FOR TORNADOES AS SUPERCELLS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER REGION. LARGE SCALE ASCENT MAY ALSO BE ENHANCED BY HIGH LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH /PER WV STLT INMAGERY/ MOVING NEWD FROM MEXICO. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 22035. ...CORFIDI 332,1013 300,0985 284,1005 320,1033
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Crockett, Dawson, Ector and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrews, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Borden, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 11 more | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.