Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 307

May 28, 20015 counties in Arkansas; 17 parishes in Louisiana; 52 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 28, 2001, 1:30 AM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas; 17 parishes in Louisiana; 52 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2001, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2001, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 74 counties

Bradley County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Houston County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Marion County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Mills County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Panola County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins42 min
May 28, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas53 min
May 28, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman, Rains, Van Zandt57 min
May 28, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Titus, Wood41 min
May 28, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis67 min
May 28, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro51 min
May 28, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass50 min
May 28, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone52 min
May 28, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone44 min
May 28, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon51 min
May 28, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Madison47 min

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3521 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1324 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
9.5

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun, Clark, Crawford, Dallas, Franklin, Garland and 15 more5 hr
May 27, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 6 more4 hr
May 27, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton and 20 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2001

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.