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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 213

May 2, 200338 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 2, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT for 38 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Houston County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Marion County, TX, Mason County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Mills County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Panola County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque69 min
May 2, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch, San Saba54 min
May 2, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown67 min
May 2, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton70 min
May 2, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque68 min
May 2, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba50 min
May 2, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano64 min
May 2, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano57 min
May 2, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche53 min
May 2, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell66 min
May 2, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXLlano41 min
May 2, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque31 min
May 2, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis68 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1274 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1274 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Comanche and 29 more5 hr
May 1, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Cass, Morris, Titus4 hr
May 1, 10:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 30 more95 min
May 1, 11:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend and 14 more86 min
May 1, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris and 4 more4 hr
May 1, 11:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Cass, Morris, Titus67 min
May 2, 2:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison and 15 more114 min
May 2, 2:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 21 more2 hr
May 2, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 20 more6 hr
May 2, 4:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Cherokee, Coryell, Dallas and 30 more2 hr
May 2, 5:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 12 more2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.