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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 55

March 12, 200135 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 12, 2001, 2:00 AM CST for 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2001, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2001, 6:00 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Colorado County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 2:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBurleson, Washington58 min
Mar 12, 3:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes, Madison67 min
Mar 12, 3:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWashington36 min
Mar 12, 3:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola65 min
Mar 12, 4:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby41 min
Mar 12, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery39 min
Mar 12, 4:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXSan Jacinto, Walker78 min
Mar 12, 4:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery32 min

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 271 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 2001-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1045 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 2001-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
1045 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.8

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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
Mar 11, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Bexar, Comal, Edwards, Guadalupe, Hays and 9 more5 hr
Mar 12, 3:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCass, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Shelby6 hr
Mar 12, 5:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton and 5 more5 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.