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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 543

June 14, 200344 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 14, 2003, 11:40 PM CDT for 44 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2003, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2003, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Crockett County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, Maverick County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Medina County, TX, Menard County, TX, Milam County, TX, Real County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason54 min
Jun 14, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Llano63 min
Jun 15, 12:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Llano2 hr
Jun 15, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard54 min
Jun 15, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie61 min
Jun 15, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton57 min
Jun 15, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco65 min
Jun 15, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard61 min
Jun 15, 1:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSutton3 hr
Jun 15, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano55 min
Jun 15, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie46 min
Jun 15, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall60 min
Jun 15, 2:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTKimble4 hr
Jun 15, 2:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie2 hr
Jun 15, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton59 min
Jun 15, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas42 min
Jun 15, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason32 min
Jun 15, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan53 min
Jun 15, 2:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMason4 hr
Jun 15, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr75 min
Jun 15, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett59 min
Jun 15, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher57 min
Jun 15, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall56 min
Jun 15, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton60 min
Jun 15, 3:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSchleicher3 hr
Jun 15, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Kendall62 min
Jun 15, 4:00 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTSutton30 min
Jun 15, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde71 min
Jun 15, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards64 min
Jun 15, 4:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSutton3 hr
Jun 15, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble57 min
Jun 15, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell61 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2003-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3317 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 2003-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 11:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrane, Crockett, Edwards, Irion, Kerr, Kimble and 9 more95 min
Jun 15, 2:56 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque and 32 more94 min
Jun 15, 5:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDimmit, Frio, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Uvalde and 1 more115 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.