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Tornado Watch 322

May 14, 200843 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 14, 2008, 3:50 PM CDT for 43 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2008, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Bandera County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Erath County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, Maverick County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Medina County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Real County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Webb County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick75 min
May 14, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Tom Green41 min
May 14, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Maverick, Zavala55 min
May 14, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho, Menard27 min
May 14, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch38 min
May 14, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde, Zavala62 min
May 14, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman47 min
May 14, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Taylor59 min
May 14, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason, San Saba40 min
May 14, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFrio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala40 min
May 14, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTaylor24 min
May 14, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch, San Saba51 min
May 14, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Maverick, Zavala64 min
May 14, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMason31 min
May 14, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXLlano38 min
May 14, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor35 min
May 14, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan30 min
May 14, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio, Zavala42 min
May 14, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba44 min
May 14, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle53 min
May 14, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan32 min
May 14, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland42 min
May 14, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLampasas40 min
May 14, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet, Llano24 min
May 14, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Frio, Zavala62 min
May 14, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio27 min
May 14, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Menard42 min
May 14, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown23 min
May 14, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson43 min
May 14, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Eastland41 min
May 14, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard, Sutton55 min
May 14, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLampasas25 min
May 14, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell, Lampasas62 min
May 14, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Williamson59 min
May 14, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason43 min
May 14, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Erath39 min
May 14, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson46 min
May 14, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, San Saba24 min
May 14, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason37 min
May 14, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Erath, Hamilton51 min
May 14, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba49 min
May 14, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason60 min
May 14, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Zavala53 min
May 14, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano62 min
May 14, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Hamilton28 min
May 14, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson40 min
May 14, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real60 min
May 14, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr53 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2148 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 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
2148 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPanola2 hr
May 13, 8:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clay, Coleman, Comanche, Cooke, Denton and 10 more85 min
May 13, 8:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Concho, Edwards and 15 more91 min
May 13, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 56 more7 hr
May 13, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Comal, Fayette and 5 more6 hr
May 13, 11:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 18 more94 min
May 14, 12:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Childress, Clay and 26 more85 min
May 14, 1:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Dimmit and 19 more56 min
May 14, 1:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards and 12 more6 hr
May 14, 2:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 58 more92 min
May 14, 2:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 26 more91 min
May 14, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 25 more6 hr
May 14, 5:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 29 more92 min
May 14, 5:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Edwards, Frio, Kerr and 7 more97 min
May 14, 6:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 30 more63 min
May 14, 7:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos and 34 more119 min
May 14, 7:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 28 more7 hr
May 14, 10:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos and 34 more97 min
May 14, 12:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Terry, Yoakum93 min
May 14, 12:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Coke, Crane, Dawson and 22 more6 hr
May 14, 3:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Menard and 5 more27 min
May 14, 3:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Falls and 9 more92 min
May 14, 5:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCOrange63 min
May 14, 6:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Coke, Crane, Crosby and 27 more67 min
May 14, 6:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more95 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.