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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 183

April 29, 200322 counties in Oklahoma; 48 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 29, 2003, 6:25 PM CDT for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 48 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2003, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2003, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 70 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Concho County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan64 min
Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion60 min
Apr 29, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan55 min
Apr 29, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox67 min
Apr 29, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher64 min
Apr 29, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard62 min
Apr 29, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan56 min
Apr 29, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing, Stonewall36 min
Apr 29, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer48 min
Apr 29, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling63 min
Apr 29, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent23 min
Apr 29, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill29 min
Apr 29, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels65 min
Apr 29, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan50 min
Apr 29, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger47 min
Apr 29, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke61 min
Apr 29, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall45 min
Apr 29, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills44 min
Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels55 min
Apr 29, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis49 min
Apr 29, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman55 min
Apr 29, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke47 min
Apr 29, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing51 min
Apr 29, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall45 min
Apr 29, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan29 min
Apr 29, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor54 min
Apr 29, 8:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTNolan3 hr
Apr 29, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor53 min
Apr 29, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels60 min
Apr 29, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTRunnels3 hr
Apr 29, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan60 min
Apr 29, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher59 min
Apr 29, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke42 min
Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels64 min
Apr 29, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan46 min
Apr 29, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman58 min
Apr 29, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor39 min
Apr 29, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan44 min
Apr 29, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones55 min
Apr 29, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman47 min
Apr 29, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Major47 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2003-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 893 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 2003-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
893 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-313 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 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
Apr 28, 7:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Kay, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington2 hr
Apr 29, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills, Woodward6 hr
Apr 29, 5:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 1 more85 min
Apr 28, 7:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Coke and 29 more53 min
Apr 28, 9:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Caldwell and 38 more85 min
Apr 29, 1:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Briscoe, Childress, Coke, Cottle, Crockett and 31 more3 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.