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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 472

June 3, 2003Lea County, New Mexico; 19 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 3, 2003, 2:55 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico; 19 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2003, 2:55 PM MDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2003, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Ector County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Irion County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Winkler44 min
Jun 3, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane42 min
Jun 3, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor62 min
Jun 3, 4:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
Jun 3, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland60 min
Jun 3, 5:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland3 hr
Jun 3, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea42 min
Jun 3, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane25 min
Jun 3, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane62 min
Jun 3, 6:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines49 min
Jun 3, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling67 min
Jun 3, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett74 min
Jun 3, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green66 min
Jun 3, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines45 min
Jun 3, 7:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green2 hr
Jun 3, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock62 min
Jun 3, 7:33 PM MDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green57 min
Jun 3, 7:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSterling3 hr
Jun 3, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion62 min
Jun 3, 7:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling58 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 2003-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1343 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 2003-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
1343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-333 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:31 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel, Union89 min
Jun 2, 10:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCUnion5 hr
Jun 3, 12:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, Harding, Mora, Quay, Roosevelt116 min
Jun 3, 2:20 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCCurry, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt6 hr
Jun 2, 6:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fort Bend and 12 more118 min
Jun 3, 12:06 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cottle and 18 more114 min
Jun 3, 4:48 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 11 more117 min
Jun 3, 12:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Blanco, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Hays and 8 more118 min
Jun 3, 12:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell and 18 more6 hr
Jun 3, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBee, Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo and 13 more5 hr
Jun 3, 4:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell and 15 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.