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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 882

November 23, 200425 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Nov 23, 2004, 4:10 AM CST for 25 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 23, 2004, 4:10 AM CST (10:10 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2004, 9:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Mills County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 6:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Hardin and 16 more2 hr
Nov 22, 10:30 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Coke, Crockett, Dawson, Fisher, Garza and 21 more2 hr
Nov 22, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 22 more6 hr
Nov 23, 2:58 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Coke, Crockett, Fisher, Glasscock, Howard and 11 more92 min
Nov 23, 7:06 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco and 46 more84 min
Nov 23, 7:19 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Denton and 13 more86 min
Nov 23, 7:40 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam6 hr
Nov 23, 8:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos and 47 more6 hr
Nov 23, 9:15 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCollin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 5 more3 hr
Nov 23, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado and 25 more5 hr
Nov 23, 10:37 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos and 47 more113 min
Nov 23, 11:38 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado and 25 more2 hr
Nov 23, 12:15 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore and 3 more5 hr
Nov 23, 12:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Coryell and 22 more2 hr
Nov 23, 12:48 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazoria, Brazos and 58 more117 min
Nov 23, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos and 42 more7 hr
Nov 23, 2:14 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Fisher and 20 more3 hr
Nov 23, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 40 more5 hr
Nov 23, 3:21 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos and 42 more114 min
Nov 23, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco and 64 more6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.