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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 374

June 1, 2004Caddo Parish, Louisiana; 45 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 1, 2004, 9:50 PM CDT for Caddo Parish, Louisiana; 45 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2004, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2004, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties

Caddo Parish, LA, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Panola County, TX, Parker County, TX, Polk County, TX, Rains County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson61 min
Jun 1, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro57 min
Jun 1, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVWood56 min
Jun 1, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt62 min
Jun 1, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson60 min
Jun 1, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone59 min
Jun 1, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUpshur62 min
Jun 1, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson53 min
Jun 1, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro32 min
Jun 1, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith60 min
Jun 1, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg56 min
Jun 1, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston61 min
Jun 1, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee67 min
Jun 1, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee65 min
Jun 1, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison53 min
Jun 1, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk65 min
Jun 1, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXTrinity57 min
Jun 1, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMadison52 min
Jun 1, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion52 min
Jun 1, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola61 min
Jun 2, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNacogdoches57 min
Jun 2, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina62 min
Jun 2, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Walker29 min
Jun 2, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby59 min
Jun 2, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison59 min
Jun 2, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo, De Soto52 min
Jun 2, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk63 min
Jun 2, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSan Augustine63 min
Jun 2, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXTrinity29 min
Jun 2, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine53 min
Jun 2, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina31 min
Jun 2, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Newton35 min
Jun 2, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler27 min
Jun 2, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler41 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3817 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3817 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
15.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 10:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell and 16 more60 min
Jun 1, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Caldwell and 12 more5 hr
Jun 2, 1:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Caddo and 14 more116 min
Jun 2, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAscension, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Franklin and 16 more5 hr
Jun 2, 5:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Franklin and 16 more2 hr
Jun 2, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster6 hr
Jun 2, 11:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Bosque, Brazoria and 39 more2 hr
Jun 2, 1:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam3 hr
Jun 2, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay4 hr
Jun 2, 3:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Briscoe, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 21 more116 min
Jun 2, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 10 more7 hr
Jun 2, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 16 more5 hr
Jun 2, 4:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Lamar, Red River56 min
Jun 2, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Callahan, Camp and 48 more6 hr
Jun 2, 6:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 23 more67 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.