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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 131
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 12, 2007, 5:10 PM CDT for 38 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2007, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 38 counties
Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 40%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 38 min |
| Apr 12, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 38 min |
| Apr 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 53 min |
| Apr 12, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Swisher | 29 min |
| Apr 12, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 37 min |
| Apr 12, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 53 min |
| Apr 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 61 min |
| Apr 12, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 51 min |
| Apr 12, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 65 min |
| Apr 12, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd, Hale | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 34 min |
| Apr 12, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 65 min |
| Apr 12, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall | 31 min |
| Apr 12, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Floyd | 40 min |
| Apr 12, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 37 min |
| Apr 12, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 42 min |
| Apr 12, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 55 min |
| Apr 12, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hall, Motley | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall | 47 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 4:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro and 29 more | 86 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.