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Tornado Watch 120

April 15, 20036 counties in Oklahoma; 40 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 15, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma; 40 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties

Comanche County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley23 min
Apr 15, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHall, Motley40 min
Apr 15, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle34 min
Apr 15, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby30 min
Apr 15, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBChildress, Cottle32 min
Apr 15, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley30 min
Apr 15, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, King43 min
Apr 15, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens40 min
Apr 15, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHardeman24 min
Apr 15, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent39 min
Apr 15, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon, Jackson37 min
Apr 15, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle45 min
Apr 15, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress29 min
Apr 15, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing38 min
Apr 15, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman46 min
Apr 15, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson33 min
Apr 15, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent45 min
Apr 15, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHardeman, Wilbarger49 min
Apr 15, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall47 min
Apr 15, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKiowa31 min
Apr 15, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing44 min
Apr 15, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Knox52 min
Apr 15, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson, Tillman40 min
Apr 15, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKnox34 min
Apr 15, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKiowa31 min
Apr 15, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBStonewall21 min
Apr 15, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTHaskell34 min
Apr 15, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger48 min
Apr 15, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBaylor44 min
Apr 15, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox30 min
Apr 15, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita44 min
Apr 15, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor48 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2003-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 2003-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-249 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 12:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Harper and 2 more3 hr
Apr 15, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Beckham, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills and 2 more5 hr
Apr 15, 3:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCuster, Dewey, Harper, Washita, Woods, Woodward118 min
Apr 15, 4:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarmon, Jackson, Tillman84 min
Apr 15, 5:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey and 11 more65 min
Apr 15, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer and 13 more5 hr
Apr 15, 12:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Deaf Smith, Gaines, Hale and 9 more2 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.