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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 458

June 1, 200347 counties in Oklahoma; 25 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 1, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT for 47 counties in Oklahoma; 25 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2003, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Major County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gray County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Montague County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher42 min
Jun 1, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon40 min
Jun 1, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Knox40 min
Jun 1, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita42 min
Jun 1, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher50 min
Jun 1, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon, Jackson46 min
Jun 1, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Knox, Wilbarger47 min
Jun 1, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay42 min
Jun 1, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson44 min
Jun 1, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman66 min
Jun 1, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Kiowa41 min
Jun 1, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson41 min
Jun 1, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods, Woodward40 min
Jun 1, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey, Roger Mills43 min
Jun 1, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Kiowa45 min
Jun 1, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady, Stephens47 min
Jun 1, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster45 min
Jun 1, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita39 min
Jun 1, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster31 min
Jun 1, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, McClain44 min
Jun 2, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland44 min
Jun 2, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine39 min
Jun 2, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa46 min
Jun 2, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee44 min
Jun 2, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie48 min
Jun 2, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Noble47 min
Jun 2, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay46 min
Jun 2, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln44 min
Jun 2, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee43 min
Jun 2, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage47 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 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 1, 8:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Harper65 min
Jun 1, 9:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Comanche, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper and 6 more95 min
Jun 1, 11:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 22 more91 min
Jun 2, 12:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, Garfield, Haskell and 25 more63 min
Jun 2, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal, Creek and 34 more5 hr
Jun 2, 2:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 16 more2 hr
Jun 2, 2:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha113 min
Jun 2, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCimarron5 hr
Jun 1, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crosby and 24 more5 hr
Jun 1, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke and 51 more5 hr
Jun 1, 9:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Ector and 18 more116 min
Jun 1, 10:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Eastland and 8 more59 min
Jun 1, 11:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Martin and 5 more87 min
Jun 1, 11:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Erath and 16 more2 hr
Jun 2, 1:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Comanche and 28 more63 min
Jun 2, 11:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Blanco, Burleson, Burnet, Cherokee and 34 more2 hr
Jun 2, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 39 more6 hr
Jun 2, 2:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet and 35 more117 min
Jun 2, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco and 37 more5 hr
Jun 2, 5:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar and 35 more62 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.