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Tornado Watch 365

May 31, 200511 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 31, 2005, 9:05 PM CDT for 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2005, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2005, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Brown County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher 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 02:05 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green39 min
May 31, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke25 min
May 31, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke16 min
May 31, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green32 min
May 31, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke30 min
May 31, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels, Taylor51 min
May 31, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho, Tom Green50 min
May 31, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels29 min
May 31, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan36 min
May 31, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green62 min
May 31, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green59 min
May 31, 11:32 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTColeman, Concho, Runnels43 min
May 31, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels, Tom Green65 min
May 31, 11:50 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Menard, Schleicher40 min
May 31, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard47 min
Jun 1, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Runnels, Tom Green37 min
Jun 1, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, McCulloch45 min
Jun 1, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green26 min
Jun 1, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Menard, Tom Green51 min
Jun 1, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton27 min
Jun 1, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard31 min
Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch33 min
Jun 1, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher, Tom Green61 min
Jun 1, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard, Sutton29 min
Jun 1, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton40 min
Jun 1, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher, Sutton32 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2005-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 010208
SEL5  
SPC WW 010208
TXZ000-010700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 365
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
905 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       CENTRAL TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 905 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SAN
ANGELO TEXAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 362...WW 363...WW 364...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM OVER COKE COUNTY TX APPEARS
LIKELY TO MAINTAIN INTENSITY AS TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD FOR ANOTHER
SEVERAL HOURS. OTHER SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR OVER THIS REGION...IN
LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY AXIS...AND MODERATELY STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS. 
VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 31025.


...HART

315,1004 320,0984 303,0984 303,1004

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBorden, Callahan, Coleman, Dawson, Fisher, Garza and 13 more7 hr
May 31, 9:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Comanche, Dallas, Denton, Eastland, Ellis and 12 more90 min
May 31, 9:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Clay, Foard, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger57 min
May 31, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Bosque, Clay, Comanche, Eastland, Erath and 10 more7 hr
May 31, 10:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 25 more119 min
May 31, 11:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hood and 7 more85 min
Jun 1, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell and 22 more6 hr
Jun 1, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Comanche, Concho, Irion, McCulloch, Mason and 6 more3 hr
Jun 1, 3:09 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee and 64 more96 min
Jun 1, 5:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Blanco and 45 more88 min
Jun 1, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells and 7 more5 hr
Jun 1, 9:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy59 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.