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Tornado Watch 53
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 25, 2000, 12:00 AM CST for Cotton County, Oklahoma; 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2000, 12:00 AM CST (06:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2000, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties
Cotton County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Coke County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 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
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 60 min |
| Feb 25, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 59 min |
| Feb 25, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 41 min |
| Feb 25, 12:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 61 min |
| Feb 25, 12:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 42 min |
| Feb 25, 12:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, King | 49 min |
| Feb 25, 12:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 55 min |
| Feb 25, 12:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 54 min |
| Feb 25, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent, Stonewall | 46 min |
| Feb 25, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 61 min |
| Feb 25, 1:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 60 min |
| Feb 25, 1:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 60 min |
| Feb 25, 1:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 54 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1080 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
003 WWUS9 KMKC 250527 SEL3 SEL3 MKC WW 250527 TXZ000-251100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 53 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1127 PM CST THU FEB 24 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM MIDNIGHT CST UNTIL 500 AM CST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS 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... CONTINUE...WW 50...WW 51...WW 52... DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY REDEVELOPING ALONG AND E OF DRY LINE IN WRN TX. STRONG S/WV TROUGH IS ROTATING INTO W TX ENHANCING UPWARD MOTION AND SHEAR PROFILES FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. LOCAL VAD WIND PROFILES INDICATE HELICITIES AOA 400 M2/S2 SUPPORTING ISOLATED TORNADOES AS STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND MOVE INTO NWRN TX. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035. ...HALES 341,0981 310,1000 310,1023 341,1005
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie | 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.