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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 84

March 26, 200541 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 26, 2005, 1:25 AM CST for 41 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2005, 1:25 AM CST (07:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2005, 8:00 AM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Bandera County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble 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, Real County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 1:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green43 min
Mar 26, 1:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Nolan, Taylor57 min
Mar 26, 2:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens37 min
Mar 26, 2:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion48 min
Mar 26, 2:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Irion, Tom Green45 min
Mar 26, 2:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Taylor66 min
Mar 26, 2:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland58 min
Mar 26, 2:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Irion47 min
Mar 26, 3:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels, Tom Green44 min
Mar 26, 3:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels46 min
Mar 26, 4:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan26 min
Mar 26, 4:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton26 min
Mar 26, 5:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Sutton45 min
Mar 26, 5:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche24 min
Mar 26, 5:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason46 min
Mar 26, 6:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde56 min
Mar 26, 6:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards67 min
Mar 26, 7:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche35 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1262 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
1262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 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
Mar 25, 8:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Brown, Burleson and 51 more118 min
Mar 25, 8:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos and 24 more6 hr
Mar 25, 10:25 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazos, Burleson, Fayette, Grimes, Houston and 12 more95 min
Mar 26, 12:56 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 48 more94 min
Mar 26, 4:20 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Blanco, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 45 more115 min
Mar 26, 6:12 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 42 more63 min
Mar 26, 6:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Concho and 30 more7 hr
Mar 26, 10:05 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bell and 42 more115 min
Mar 26, 12:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLoving2 hr
Mar 26, 4:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Red River and 1 more2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.