Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 387

June 2, 200454 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 2, 2004, 5:50 PM CDT for 54 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2004, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2004, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 54 counties

Anderson County, TX, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Foard County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Montague County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Smith County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Wood County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Fannin, Grayson, Montague90 min
Jun 2, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta63 min
Jun 2, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay70 min
Jun 2, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins97 min
Jun 2, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman, Knox33 min
Jun 2, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita59 min
Jun 2, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Morris, Titus87 min
Jun 2, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Delta, Hunt95 min
Jun 2, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson77 min
Jun 2, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger59 min
Jun 2, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher23 min
Jun 2, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp53 min
Jun 2, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion, Upshur, Wood77 min
Jun 2, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay, Wichita73 min
Jun 2, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison58 min
Jun 2, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell63 min
Jun 2, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith59 min
Jun 2, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack64 min
Jun 2, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Wilbarger47 min
Jun 2, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox31 min
Jun 2, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung73 min
Jun 2, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton57 min
Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor, Clay, Wichita, Wilbarger60 min
Jun 2, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford54 min
Jun 2, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague, Wise65 min
Jun 2, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens62 min
Jun 2, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker93 min
Jun 2, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton75 min
Jun 2, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford60 min
Jun 2, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant89 min
Jun 2, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Somervell91 min
Jun 2, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas28 min
Jun 2, 10:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant2 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 630 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -53 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
630 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-365 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.2

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Cherokee, Coryell and 39 more6 hr
Jun 1, 10:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Camp, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 16 more60 min
Jun 1, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNewton5 hr
Jun 2, 1:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Cherokee, Coryell and 38 more116 min
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, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus and 1 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.