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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 556
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 16, 2008, 7:10 PM CDT for 24 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2008, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties
Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jack County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Motley County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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.
Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 21 min |
| Jun 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Wilbarger | 69 min |
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent, King, Stonewall | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lipscomb | 92 min |
| Jun 16, 11:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coke, Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 9:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Montague | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 11:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Cherokee, Dallas, Delta, Ellis, Freestone and 17 more | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Camp, Cherokee, Ellis, Franklin and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cooke, Lipscomb, Montague | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Cherokee, Harrison, Houston, Jasper, Leon and 14 more | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hale and 8 more | 90 min |
| Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 7 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.