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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 455

June 1, 200332 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 1, 2003, 3:25 PM CDT for 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2003, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Martin County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 3:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
Jun 1, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke65 min
Jun 1, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos59 min
Jun 1, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Tom Green56 min
Jun 1, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke61 min
Jun 1, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor57 min
Jun 1, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green66 min
Jun 1, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan58 min
Jun 1, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels, Shackelford61 min
Jun 1, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green3 hr
Jun 1, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher52 min
Jun 1, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones73 min
Jun 1, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green66 min
Jun 1, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Martin66 min
Jun 1, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, McCulloch64 min
Jun 1, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho60 min
Jun 1, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho58 min
Jun 1, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton56 min
Jun 1, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green64 min
Jun 1, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch68 min
Jun 1, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho63 min
Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin, Midland61 min
Jun 1, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward37 min
Jun 1, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry66 min
Jun 1, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward30 min
Jun 1, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin24 min
Jun 1, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling44 min
Jun 1, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan71 min
Jun 1, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels63 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2003-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1727 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 2003-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
1727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 2:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crane, Deaf Smith and 14 more3 hr
Jun 1, 2:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Irion, McCulloch and 8 more3 hr
Jun 1, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more6 hr
Jun 1, 3:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson and 7 more116 min
Jun 1, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more5 hr
Jun 1, 5:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCWichita, Wilbarger3 hr
Jun 1, 6:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress, Cochran and 50 more113 min

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.