Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches in 2001
Tornado Watch 190
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 3, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT for 19 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
Warnings issued inside it
27 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 6:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Cochran | 3 hr |
| May 3, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Cochran | 48 min |
| May 3, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Terry | 46 min |
| May 3, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 28 min |
| May 3, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 40 min |
| May 3, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Bailey | 3 hr |
| May 3, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 46 min |
| May 3, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Terry | 42 min |
| May 3, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 47 min |
| May 3, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran | 42 min |
| May 3, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Terry | 25 min |
| May 3, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 45 min |
| May 3, 8:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Castro, Lamb | 3 hr |
| May 3, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Terry | 46 min |
| May 3, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 48 min |
| May 3, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 47 min |
| May 3, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Terry | 13 min |
| May 3, 9:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Terry | 3 hr |
| May 3, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 48 min |
| May 3, 10:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Swisher | 3 hr |
| May 3, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 47 min |
| May 3, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 47 min |
| May 3, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Bailey, Cochran | 3 hr |
| May 3, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 61 min |
| May 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Hockley | 3 hr |
| May 3, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS9 KMKC 032310
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MKC WW 032303
NMZ000-TXZ000-040500-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 190
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
603 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO
WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PAHANDLE
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT.
TORNADOES...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 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 65 MILES
EAST SOUTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 188. WATCH NUMBER 188 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 615 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 189...
DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INVOF BOUNDARY STALLED
ENE/WSW FROM W OF LBB TO N OF CDS. BACKED LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS
ADVECTED CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE WWD INTO THE SRN HI PLNS...WHERE
DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS INCREASING BENEATH SUB TROPICAL JET. THREAT
WILL CONTINUE FOR LARGE HAIL/HIGH WINDS...AND WILL ALSO EXIST FOR
TORNADOES GIVEN LIKELIHOOD FOR PERSISTENT STORM AND/OR BOUNDARY
INTERACTIONS.
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 24015.
...CORFIDI
;343,1031 344,1004 325,1004 324,1031;SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crockett, Crosby and 24 more | 6 hr |
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.