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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 184

April 29, 200224 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 29, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT for 24 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Jones County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Young County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor50 min
Apr 29, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto59 min
Apr 29, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford40 min
Apr 29, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland37 min
Apr 29, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland61 min
Apr 29, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan46 min
Apr 29, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens53 min
Apr 29, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford49 min
Apr 29, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker62 min
Apr 29, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens45 min
Apr 29, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung55 min
Apr 29, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker50 min
Apr 29, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford24 min
Apr 29, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack65 min
Apr 29, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan38 min
Apr 29, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor36 min

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1434 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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.