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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 474

June 3, 200344 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 3, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT for 44 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2003, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Bandera County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, Maverick County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Medina County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Real County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba58 min
Jun 3, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green57 min
Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion62 min
Jun 3, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown63 min
Jun 3, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman55 min
Jun 3, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher70 min
Jun 3, 9:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke2 hr
Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho4 hr
Jun 3, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho76 min
Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels75 min
Jun 3, 9:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTaylor3 hr
Jun 3, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green65 min
Jun 3, 9:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTBrown, Coleman2 hr
Jun 3, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills66 min
Jun 3, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green3 hr
Jun 3, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown65 min
Jun 3, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTRunnels3 hr
Jun 3, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche57 min
Jun 3, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton56 min
Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch69 min
Jun 3, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard59 min
Jun 3, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason, San Saba91 min
Jun 3, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch65 min
Jun 3, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Real58 min
Jun 3, 11:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMcCulloch2 hr
Jun 3, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills56 min
Jun 3, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr, Llano58 min
Jun 3, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas53 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3503 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 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
3503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.6

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Castro and 57 more55 min
Jun 3, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more3 hr
Jun 3, 11:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 35 more113 min
Jun 4, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson and 23 more5 hr
Jun 4, 1:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 23 more116 min
Jun 4, 2:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, DeWitt and 12 more83 min
Jun 4, 12:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham and 2 more2 hr
Jun 4, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley and 8 more6 hr
Jun 4, 3:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham93 min
Jun 4, 6:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Cottle and 25 more89 min

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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.