Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches in 2003
Tornado Watch 596
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 26, 2003, 1:35 PM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2003, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Brewster County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Ward County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 80 min |
| Jun 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 73 min |
| Jun 26, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1017 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 261833
SEL6
SPC WW 261835
TXZ000-270000-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 596
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
135 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL
700 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 65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF GUADALUPE PASS TEXAS TO 35
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO 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 595...
DISCUSSION...A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL/LOCALLY DAMAGING
WIND AND A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE IN WW AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...WHERE VERY MOIST LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONVERGE
WITH SWD-MOVING COLD FRONT BENEATH WEAK NW FLOW ALOFT.
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 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 35015.
...CORFIDI
320,1044 304,1004 285,1004 301,1044
WWUS20 KWNS 261833
SEL6
SPC WW 261835
TXZ000-270000-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 596
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
135 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL
700 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 65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF GUADALUPE PASS TEXAS TO 35
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO 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 595...
DISCUSSION...A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL/LOCALLY DAMAGING
WIND AND A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE IN WW AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...WHERE VERY MOIST LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONVERGE
WITH SWD-MOVING COLD FRONT BENEATH WEAK NW FLOW ALOFT.
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 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 35015.
...CORFIDI
320,1044 304,1004 285,1004 301,1044SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Loving, Pecos, Reeves and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Jeff Davis and 9 more | 55 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.