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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 17

March 3, 200426 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 3, 2004, 8:40 PM CST for 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2004, 8:40 PM CST (02:40 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2004, 2:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Loving County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Terry County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews45 min
Mar 4, 1:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland32 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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 00:00Z on 2004-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 7:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 25 more117 min
Mar 3, 11:44 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 16 more2 hr
Mar 4, 1:56 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Brown, Castro and 55 more94 min
Mar 4, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden and 39 more5 hr
Mar 4, 2:44 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cottle and 19 more3 hr
Mar 4, 4:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 23 more6 hr
Mar 4, 5:01 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden and 39 more119 min
Mar 4, 5:32 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 23 more118 min
Mar 4, 6:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Childress and 30 more6 hr
Mar 4, 8:43 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 26 more62 min
Mar 4, 9:28 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCooke, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar, Montague62 min
Mar 4, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 34 more5 hr
Mar 4, 10:46 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque and 27 more89 min
Mar 4, 11:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 42 more5 hr
Mar 4, 11:52 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman and 17 more53 min
Mar 4, 11:52 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 15 more113 min
Mar 4, 1:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto and 6 more88 min
Mar 4, 1:25 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFannin65 min
Mar 4, 1:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Collin, Coryell and 17 more63 min
Mar 4, 2:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCooke6 hr
Mar 4, 2:18 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta and 18 more57 min
Mar 4, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta and 25 more6 hr
Mar 4, 4:41 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 6 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.