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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 204

May 13, 200415 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 13, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT for 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2004, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Duval County, TX, Frio County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Maverick County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Zavala County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen57 min
May 13, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala66 min
May 13, 7:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen2 hr
May 13, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit54 min
May 13, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle52 min
May 13, 8:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDimmit114 min
May 13, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Live Oak3 hr
May 13, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle65 min
May 13, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle3 hr
May 13, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee54 min
May 13, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, San Patricio56 min
May 13, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen56 min
May 13, 9:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPSan Patricio3 hr
May 13, 9:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen3 hr
May 13, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio51 min
May 13, 10:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas3 hr
May 13, 10:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces3 hr
May 13, 11:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells2 hr
May 13, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces62 min
May 14, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval45 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3220 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Mason and 5 more96 min
May 13, 9:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Bee, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Wells and 9 more93 min
May 13, 10:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more92 min
May 13, 11:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Bandera, Bee, Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit and 27 more58 min
May 13, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Kleberg, Starr and 1 more4 hr
May 14, 2:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Kleberg, Starr and 1 more91 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.