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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 283

May 24, 200120 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 24, 2001, 5:30 PM CDT for 20 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2001, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Comal County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real59 min
May 24, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Sutton40 min
May 24, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXEdwards62 min
May 24, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie60 min
May 24, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards57 min
May 24, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXEdwards41 min
May 24, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal44 min
May 24, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Val Verde63 min
May 24, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Llano51 min
May 24, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina58 min
May 24, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde56 min
May 24, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde, Zavala59 min
May 24, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio, Medina60 min

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 861 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-494 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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.