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Tornado Watch 209
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 2, 2003, 2:45 PM CDT for 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2003, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties
Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kimble County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Tom Green County, TX
Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 55 min |
| May 2, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 60 min |
| May 2, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, McCulloch | 68 min |
| May 2, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 60 min |
| May 2, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 64 min |
| May 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 75 min |
| May 2, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 54 min |
| May 2, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 67 min |
| May 2, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 47 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 021942
SEL9
SPC WW 021945
TXZ000-030200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 209
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST AND A PART OF CENTRAL TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ABILENE TEXAS TO 75
MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION TEXAS.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 207...WW 208...
DISCUSSION...STRONG MIXING ALONG WEST EDGE OF SUBSTANTIAL BOUNDARY
LAYER MOIST AXIS IS SUPPORTING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ATTM. MLCAPES
ARE IN EXCESS OF 3500 J/KG...AND REGION REMAINS UNDER STRONG WNWLY
FLOW ALOFT WITHIN SRN STREAM JET. THUS...SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED
WITH ATTENDANT THREATS OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28020.
...EVANS
325,0980 300,0993 300,1021 325,1004SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Comanche and 29 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Cass, Morris, Titus | 4 hr |
| May 1, 10:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 30 more | 95 min |
| May 1, 11:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend and 14 more | 86 min |
| May 1, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris and 4 more | 4 hr |
| May 1, 11:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowie, Cass, Morris, Titus | 67 min |
| May 2, 2:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison and 15 more | 114 min |
| May 2, 2:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 21 more | 2 hr |
| May 2, 4:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Cherokee, Coryell, Dallas and 30 more | 2 hr |
| May 2, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Cass and 32 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 5:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 12 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
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.