Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 330

May 25, 200216 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 25, 2002, 4:15 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2002, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Brewster County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Irion County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster55 min
May 25, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster60 min
May 25, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke61 min
May 25, 5:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster2 hr
May 25, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke67 min
May 25, 7:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke4 hr
May 25, 7:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke4 hr
May 25, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland60 min
May 25, 7:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland114 min
May 25, 9:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1339 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 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
1339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Foard, Hardeman, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger5 hr
May 25, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Brown, Coleman, Concho, Gillespie, Kendall and 11 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.