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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 56

April 8, 200418 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 8, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT for 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2004, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson57 min
Apr 8, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong37 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJasper, Newton, Sabine6 hr
Apr 7, 9:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJasper, Newton61 min
Apr 8, 1:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Dawson, Deaf Smith and 14 more119 min
Apr 8, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Deaf Smith, Gaines, Hockley and 7 more6 hr
Apr 8, 4:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Deaf Smith, Gaines and 8 more91 min
Apr 8, 5:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Brooks, Crockett, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards and 22 more90 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2004Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2004

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.