Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 240
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 17, 2001, 1:30 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2001, 1:30 PM MDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2001, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties
Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX
Warnings issued inside it
21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 97 min |
| May 17, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 50 min |
| May 17, 2:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora | 60 min |
| May 17, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 65 min |
| May 17, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 60 min |
| May 17, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 47 min |
| May 17, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 86 min |
| May 17, 4:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora | 39 min |
| May 17, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 60 min |
| May 17, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 89 min |
| May 17, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding | 60 min |
| May 17, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 60 min |
| May 17, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 97 min |
| May 17, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 66 min |
| May 17, 5:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Terry | 43 min |
| May 17, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 47 min |
| May 17, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 61 min |
| May 17, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 60 min |
| May 17, 6:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 65 min |
| May 17, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding | 67 min |
| May 17, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lamb | 47 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 525 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1265 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 12:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Noble and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Custer, Dewey and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ottawa | 5 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.