Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches in 2008
Tornado Watch 58
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 16, 2008, 2:26 PM CST for 60 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2008, 2:26 PM CST (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2008, 8:54 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 60 counties
Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Colorado County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Rains County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX, Wood County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 50%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 50%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
20 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone, Navarro | 49 min |
| Feb 16, 3:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt | 47 min |
| Feb 16, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 18 min |
| Feb 16, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee, Williamson | 15 min |
| Feb 16, 4:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 40 min |
| Feb 16, 5:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Milam, Robertson | 26 min |
| Feb 16, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 35 min |
| Feb 16, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson | 49 min |
| Feb 16, 5:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity, Walker | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 5:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston | 20 min |
| Feb 16, 6:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 23 min |
| Feb 16, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 6:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker | 28 min |
| Feb 16, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 23 min |
| Feb 16, 6:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 46 min |
| Feb 16, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 25 min |
| Feb 16, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto, Trinity | 22 min |
| Feb 16, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 50 min |
| Feb 16, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 24 min |
| Feb 16, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 7:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atascosa, Bexar, Dimmit, Frio, Guadalupe, Karnes and 3 more | 90 min |
| Feb 15, 10:38 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Austin, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Liberty and 7 more | 97 min |
| Feb 15, 11:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:09 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Archer, Baylor, Camp, Chambers and 58 more | 66 min |
| Feb 16, 2:53 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Coke, Concho, Edwards, Fisher, Glasscock and 16 more | 67 min |
| Feb 16, 6:36 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Bandera, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay and 39 more | 90 min |
| Feb 16, 12:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 30 more | 89 min |
| Feb 16, 12:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 50 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Brazos and 49 more | 90 min |
| Feb 16, 3:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 41 more | 59 min |
| Feb 16, 5:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Cherokee, Colorado and 29 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
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.