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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 538

June 13, 200321 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 13, 2003, 6:55 PM CDT for 21 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2003, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2003, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Aransas County, TX, Atascosa County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Duval County, TX, Frio County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Karnes County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Medina County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX, Wilson County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFrio67 min
Jun 13, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa58 min
Jun 13, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb50 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen64 min
Jun 13, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Guadalupe, Wilson3 hr
Jun 13, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Webb77 min
Jun 13, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak62 min
Jun 13, 8:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXCaldwell, Gonzales, Karnes3 hr
Jun 13, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee73 min
Jun 13, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad73 min
Jun 13, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells53 min
Jun 13, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt52 min
Jun 13, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb46 min
Jun 13, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPVictoria80 min
Jun 13, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio59 min
Jun 13, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio58 min
Jun 13, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval54 min
Jun 13, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt30 min
Jun 13, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, Webb80 min
Jun 13, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson57 min
Jun 13, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPVictoria38 min
Jun 13, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces59 min
Jun 13, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas66 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3161 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
3161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
9.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Childress and 29 more92 min
Jun 12, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChambers, Fort Bend, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 10 more5 hr
Jun 12, 9:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Fort Bend, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 10 more54 min
Jun 13, 12:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas and 20 more88 min
Jun 13, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress and 18 more5 hr
Jun 13, 5:11 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Hardeman and 7 more64 min
Jun 13, 10:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Concho, Crockett, Irion, McCulloch, Menard and 3 more94 min
Jun 13, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke and 31 more6 hr
Jun 13, 12:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine, Tyler119 min
Jun 13, 2:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Hardin, Harris and 14 more54 min
Jun 13, 2:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 20 more2 hr
Jun 13, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 40 more5 hr
Jun 13, 3:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 21 more85 min
Jun 13, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith and 15 more5 hr
Jun 13, 4:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 42 more96 min
Jun 13, 5:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Cochran, Crane, Dawson, Ector and 11 more62 min
Jun 13, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Castro, Cochran, Coke and 29 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.