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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 480

June 5, 200315 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 5, 2003, 1:20 AM CDT for 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2003, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Brown County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Irion County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Mills County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan, Upton66 min
Jun 5, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock86 min
Jun 5, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke56 min
Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels78 min
Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green93 min
Jun 5, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion84 min
Jun 5, 3:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green3 hr
Jun 5, 4:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTColeman, Runnels3 hr
Jun 5, 4:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTBrown3 hr
Jun 5, 4:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho3 hr
Jun 5, 5:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMcCulloch3 hr
Jun 5, 5:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMason, San Saba3 hr
Jun 5, 6:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba59 min
Jun 5, 6:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas38 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 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1942 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1942 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 28 more66 min
Jun 4, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson and 21 more5 hr
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Archer, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe and 39 more95 min
Jun 5, 12:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Dawson and 19 more62 min
Jun 5, 2:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Eastland and 13 more83 min
Jun 5, 4:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Burnet, Comanche, Coryell, Erath and 9 more95 min
Jun 5, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Burleson, Burnet, Coryell, Falls, Limestone and 4 more4 hr
Jun 5, 9:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Burleson, Burnet, Coryell, Falls, Freestone and 5 more60 min
Jun 5, 9:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette and 17 more5 hr
Jun 5, 12:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette and 15 more57 min
Jun 5, 1:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells and 8 more91 min
Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley and 9 more6 hr
Jun 5, 5:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson and 4 more88 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.