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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 264
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 5, 2008, 7:32 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; 12 counties in Oklahoma; 39 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2008, 7:32 PM MDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2008, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 54 counties
Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
29 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 56 min |
| May 5, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 63 min |
| May 5, 7:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 66 min |
| May 5, 7:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham, Potter | 63 min |
| May 5, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 61 min |
| May 5, 8:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Lamb | 55 min |
| May 5, 8:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 39 min |
| May 5, 8:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Oldham, Potter | 36 min |
| May 5, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 61 min |
| May 5, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 57 min |
| May 5, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Potter | 45 min |
| May 5, 8:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 59 min |
| May 5, 8:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 57 min |
| May 5, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore, Sherman | 55 min |
| May 5, 8:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran | 67 min |
| May 5, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 65 min |
| May 5, 8:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 61 min |
| May 5, 8:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 46 min |
| May 5, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 45 min |
| May 5, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 30 min |
| May 5, 9:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 57 min |
| May 5, 9:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 23 min |
| May 5, 9:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 52 min |
| May 5, 10:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley | 60 min |
| May 5, 10:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 58 min |
| May 5, 10:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 63 min |
| May 5, 10:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 31 min |
| May 5, 10:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 64 min |
| May 5, 10:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley, Lubbock | 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 6:59 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt | 61 min |
| May 5, 9:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt | 64 min |
| May 6, 12:27 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Curry, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:26 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Curry, Lea, Roosevelt | 7 hr |
| May 6, 5:01 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lea | 89 min |
| May 6, 2:14 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harper | 2 hr |
| May 6, 5:19 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Coke and 45 more | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.