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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 334

May 25, 200533 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 25, 2005, 10:15 PM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2005, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2005, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Brown County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Sterling, Tom Green45 min
May 25, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Taylor39 min
May 25, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Concho, Runnels, Tom Green66 min
May 25, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland46 min
May 25, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan31 min
May 25, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford46 min
May 26, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor35 min
May 26, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason29 min
May 26, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble19 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2005-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2438 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 2005-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Glasscock, Irion and 9 more86 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brazos, Burleson, Ellis, Erath, Falls and 15 more91 min
May 25, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Martin and 2 more5 hr
May 25, 11:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 31 more89 min
May 26, 2:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Martin and 1 more57 min
May 26, 3:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 25 more58 min
May 26, 7:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrockett, Edwards, Kimble, Kinney, Real, Schleicher and 4 more90 min
May 26, 8:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 14 more5 hr
May 26, 11:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKinney, Maverick85 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.