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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 537

June 13, 20034 counties in New Mexico; 35 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 13, 2003, 4:40 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico; 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2003, 4:40 PM MDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2003, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Lea County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Borden County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson58 min
Jun 13, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb42 min
Jun 13, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley65 min
Jun 13, 5:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry41 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb26 min
Jun 13, 5:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke3 hr
Jun 13, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro65 min
Jun 13, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer61 min
Jun 13, 6:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry43 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt41 min
Jun 13, 6:25 PM MDTTornado WarningSJTCrockett50 min
Jun 13, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Upton33 min
Jun 13, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hockley30 min
Jun 13, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry61 min
Jun 13, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran58 min
Jun 13, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey56 min
Jun 13, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBParmer60 min
Jun 13, 7:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines58 min
Jun 13, 7:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum55 min
Jun 13, 7:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea78 min
Jun 13, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLamb45 min
Jun 13, 8:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley43 min
Jun 13, 8:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale53 min
Jun 13, 9:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews45 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2003-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1071 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 2003-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 1:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt and 2 more95 min
Jun 13, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHarding, Quay, Union5 hr
Jun 13, 4:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt62 min
Jun 12, 6:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Childress and 29 more92 min
Jun 12, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChambers, Fort Bend, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 10 more5 hr
Jun 12, 8:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Fort Bend, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 10 more54 min
Jun 12, 11:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas and 20 more88 min
Jun 13, 12:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress and 18 more5 hr
Jun 13, 4:11 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Hardeman and 7 more64 min
Jun 13, 9:26 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Concho, Crockett, Irion, McCulloch, Menard and 3 more94 min
Jun 13, 11:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke and 31 more6 hr
Jun 13, 11:16 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine, Tyler119 min
Jun 13, 1:21 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Hardin, Harris and 14 more54 min
Jun 13, 1:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 20 more2 hr
Jun 13, 2:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 40 more5 hr
Jun 13, 2:20 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 21 more85 min
Jun 13, 3:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 42 more96 min
Jun 13, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Duval and 15 more5 hr

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.