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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 434

June 16, 20026 parishes in Louisiana; 44 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 16, 2002, 3:30 AM CDT for 6 parishes in Louisiana; 44 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2002, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2002, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties

Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee80 min
Jun 16, 4:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNacogdoches57 min
Jun 16, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson41 min
Jun 16, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWashington46 min
Jun 16, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette60 min
Jun 16, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Walker44 min
Jun 16, 4:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Waller59 min
Jun 16, 5:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery38 min
Jun 16, 5:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris40 min
Jun 16, 5:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend50 min
Jun 16, 6:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris45 min
Jun 16, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria29 min

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 244 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2002-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2002-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Childress, Clay and 18 more6 hr
Jun 15, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Erath and 15 more5 hr
Jun 16, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Coryell, Falls, Freestone, Hill, Kaufman and 7 more5 hr
Jun 16, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche and 17 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 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.