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Tornado Watch 190

May 3, 200119 counties in Texas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 6:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCochran3 hr
May 3, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran48 min
May 3, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry46 min
May 3, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro28 min
May 3, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb40 min
May 3, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley33 min
May 3, 7:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBailey3 hr
May 3, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb46 min
May 3, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry42 min
May 3, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb47 min
May 3, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran42 min
May 3, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry25 min
May 3, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley45 min
May 3, 8:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCastro, Lamb3 hr
May 3, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry46 min
May 3, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb48 min
May 3, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock47 min
May 3, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry13 min
May 3, 9:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBTerry3 hr
May 3, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb48 min
May 3, 10:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBSwisher3 hr
May 3, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley47 min
May 3, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb47 min
May 3, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBailey, Cochran3 hr
May 3, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley61 min
May 3, 11:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHockley3 hr
May 3, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBBriscoe3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS9 KMKC 032310
SEL0  

SEL0  
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 16 more5 hr
May 3, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crockett, Crosby and 24 more6 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.