Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 88
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 10, 2000, 6:15 PM CST for 49 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2000, 6:15 PM CST (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2000, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties
Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Hays County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX
Warnings issued inside it
24 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 57 min |
| Mar 10, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes | 38 min |
| Mar 10, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell | 23 min |
| Mar 10, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone, Robertson | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 43 min |
| Mar 10, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson | 65 min |
| Mar 10, 7:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Madison | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Burleson | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 7:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 37 min |
| Mar 10, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 22 min |
| Mar 10, 7:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Walker | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 8:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina | 48 min |
| Mar 10, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Washington | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 54 min |
| Mar 10, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 60 min |
| Mar 10, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Waller | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 10:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 26 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 2395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
009 WWUS9 KMKC 110001 SEL8 SEL8 MKC WW 110001 TXZ000-110600- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 88 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 601 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAASTERN TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE 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 140 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES EAST OF VICTORIA TEXAS TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF COLLEGE STATION 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 83...WW 84...WW 85...WW 86...WW 87... DISCUSSION...STORMS INTENSIFYING NEAR DRY LINE/SURFACE FRONT INTERSECTION WHERE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ENHANCED. VAD WIND PROFILES SHOW INCREASED VEERING WITH HEIGHT WITH 60 KT MID LEVEL WESTERLY FLOW PROVIDING FAVORABLE SHEAR FOR TORNADOES. WITH CAPES IN EXCESS OF 3000 J/KG...COMBINATION OF SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES. 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 24035. ...ROGASH 311,0933 284,0934 284,0982 311,0982
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.