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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 314

May 17, 200223 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 17, 2002, 5:00 PM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2002, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Duval County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Maverick County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Medina County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Real County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Webb County, TX, Zavala County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real62 min
May 17, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen2 hr
May 17, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio3 hr
May 17, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina67 min
May 17, 6:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Real109 min
May 17, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney58 min
May 17, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval2 hr
May 17, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde46 min
May 17, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr56 min
May 17, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit68 min
May 17, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg2 hr
May 17, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, Webb89 min
May 17, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPWebb3 hr
May 17, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Val Verde63 min
May 17, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick63 min
May 17, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio, Medina58 min

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 292 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 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
292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-526 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Cooke, Dallas and 27 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.