Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 360
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 31, 2004, 4:45 PM CDT for 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2004, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Travis County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 65 min |
| May 31, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 65 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos and 37 more | 2 hr |
| May 31, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 33 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 6:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bastrop, Bell, Bosque, Brazos and 44 more | 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.