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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 757

August 9, 201132 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 9, 2011, 5:16 PM CDT for 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2011, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1 in
Strongest gust expected
70 kt
All 32 counties

Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb 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, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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
5%
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
20%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore39 min
Aug 9, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall63 min
Aug 9, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts55 min
Aug 9, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray45 min
Aug 9, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts58 min
Aug 9, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Ochiltree49 min
Aug 9, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Hall29 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 5:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Camp and 53 more59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2011Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2011

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.