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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 341

June 3, 200716 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 3, 2007, 3:44 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2007, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2007, 9:41 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
70 kt

Counties Brown County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
5%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
90%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
40%
Ten or more severe hail reports
50%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling60 min
Jun 3, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green60 min
Jun 3, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Tom Green62 min
Jun 3, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Irion, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green32 min
Jun 3, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion40 min
Jun 3, 5:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green3 hr
Jun 3, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch, Mason, Menard63 min
Jun 3, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green60 min
Jun 3, 6:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, San Saba3 hr
Jun 3, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason, San Saba18 min
Jun 3, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason, Menard38 min
Jun 3, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard14 min
Jun 3, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason32 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1012 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 29 more62 min
Jun 2, 9:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Castro, Crosby, Garza, Hale, Hockley and 5 more60 min
Jun 2, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Castro, Cochran, Crosby and 16 more4 hr
Jun 3, 1:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Castro, Cochran, Coke and 32 more58 min
Jun 3, 2:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth and 11 more67 min
Jun 3, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more5 hr
Jun 3, 3:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Irion and 7 more89 min
Jun 3, 3:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Gaines, Garza and 6 more67 min
Jun 3, 5:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Wichita58 min
Jun 3, 7:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 19 more56 min
Jun 3, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bosque, Cherokee, Ellis, Falls and 31 more5 hr
Jun 3, 11:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Polk and 6 more58 min
Jun 3, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Tyler6 hr
Jun 3, 12:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock and 9 more93 min
Jun 3, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Gaines and 14 more9 hr
Jun 3, 1:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham93 min
Jun 3, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 2 more7 hr
Jun 3, 3:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Irion, McCulloch and 10 more31 min
Jun 3, 3:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Brazos, Coryell, Falls, Grimes, Lampasas and 10 more95 min
Jun 3, 3:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 12 more91 min
Jun 3, 5:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Gaines and 14 more66 min
Jun 3, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazoria, Brazos and 37 more7 hr
Jun 3, 5:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJefferson, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine87 min
Jun 3, 5:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Irion and 10 more54 min
Jun 3, 6:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hale and 10 more58 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.