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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 166
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 17, 2013, 3:03 PM CDT for 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2013, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2013, 8:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 3 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Jack County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Mills County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 50%
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 60 min |
| May 17, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 51 min |
| May 17, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 65 min |
| May 17, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 54 min |
| May 17, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, San Saba | 34 min |
| May 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 61 min |
| May 17, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 33 min |
| May 17, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 47 min |
| May 17, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 53 min |
| May 17, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 63 min |
| May 17, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 45 min |
| May 17, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 63 min |
| May 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Brown, Clay, Coleman, Comanche and 13 more | 61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.