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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 345

June 4, 20076 parishes in Louisiana; 41 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 4, 2007, 2:24 PM CDT for 6 parishes in Louisiana; 41 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2007, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2007, 8:11 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 47 counties

Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Hays County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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
40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
40%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
80%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson56 min
Jun 4, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas25 min
Jun 4, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet58 min
Jun 4, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler59 min
Jun 4, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson65 min
Jun 4, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper36 min
Jun 4, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop63 min
Jun 4, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton56 min
Jun 4, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam46 min
Jun 4, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu67 min
Jun 4, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Fayette, Lee39 min
Jun 4, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam, Robertson45 min
Jun 4, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson Davis39 min
Jun 4, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis61 min
Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron60 min
Jun 4, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston35 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 11:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 8 more92 min
Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vernon90 min
Jun 3, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 6 more4 hr
Jun 3, 7:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Dimmit, Edwards and 13 more63 min
Jun 3, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, DeWitt, Dimmit, Edwards and 10 more4 hr
Jun 3, 9:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Blanco, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 26 more53 min
Jun 3, 11:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Hall and 4 more2 hr
Jun 3, 11:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bexar, Brazoria, Chambers and 23 more116 min
Jun 4, 6:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bee, Bexar, DeWitt, Dimmit, Frio and 15 more93 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 2007Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2007

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.