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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 375

May 26, 200838 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 26, 2008, 2:42 PM CDT for 38 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2008, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2008, 10:00 PM 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

Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Coke County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Terry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos57 min
May 26, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos62 min
May 26, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos60 min
May 26, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos32 min
May 26, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos61 min
May 26, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos46 min
May 26, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos44 min
May 26, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos29 min
May 26, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos30 min
May 26, 6:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos4 hr
May 26, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos58 min
May 26, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos60 min
May 26, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell36 min
May 26, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos31 min
May 26, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell32 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2008-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2069 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 2008-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
2069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Castro, Crane, Crockett, Culberson and 19 more2 hr
May 25, 9:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill and 3 more2 hr
May 26, 1:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb and 3 more59 min
May 26, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley and 9 more6 hr
May 26, 1:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Coke, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson and 22 more95 min
May 26, 3:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley and 9 more96 min
May 26, 6:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Donley, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.