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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 32

March 19, 200235 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 19, 2002, 7:45 PM CST for 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2002, 7:45 PM CST (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2002, 12:00 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Anderson County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Colorado County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Milam County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Smith County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wilson County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 7:51 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe, Wilson54 min
Mar 19, 8:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone49 min
Mar 19, 8:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales55 min
Mar 19, 8:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro66 min
Mar 19, 8:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Travis57 min
Mar 19, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBurleson40 min
Mar 19, 9:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson39 min
Mar 19, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Smith47 min
Mar 19, 10:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Upshur39 min
Mar 19, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMadison39 min
Mar 19, 10:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon37 min
Mar 19, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston45 min

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 276 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 932 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
932 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-500 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.