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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 423

June 13, 2002Lea County, New Mexico; 35 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 13, 2002, 1:45 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico; 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2002, 1:45 PM MDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2002, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Loving County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terry County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn48 min
Jun 13, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson40 min
Jun 13, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor49 min
Jun 13, 3:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler44 min
Jun 13, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea55 min
Jun 13, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn54 min
Jun 13, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward39 min
Jun 13, 4:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Martin32 min
Jun 13, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews58 min
Jun 13, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard34 min
Jun 13, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin62 min
Jun 13, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLynn16 min
Jun 13, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland31 min
Jun 13, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward54 min
Jun 13, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock67 min
Jun 13, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock53 min
Jun 13, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones66 min
Jun 13, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan67 min
Jun 13, 6:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward, Martin3 hr
Jun 13, 6:34 PM MDTTornado WarningSJTJones41 min
Jun 13, 6:46 PM MDTTornado WarningSJTTaylor59 min
Jun 13, 6:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton26 min

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2002-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1243 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 2002-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
1243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-319 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 3:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora and 4 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Mexico, 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.