Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches in 2013
Tornado Watch 245
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 29, 2013, 4:58 PM CDT for 39 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2013, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 9:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 39 counties
Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, Kimble County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- 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
- 60%
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 28, 7:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie and 17 more | 2 hr |
| May 28, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gray, Hansford, Hartley and 11 more | 114 min |
| May 29, 2:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts, Wheeler | 65 min |
| May 29, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts, Wheeler | 4 hr |
| May 29, 11:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Donley, Foard and 13 more | 2 hr |
| May 29, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 16 more | 11 hr |
| May 29, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 40 more | 114 min |
| May 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 11 more | 60 min |
| May 29, 6:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis and 11 more | 84 min |
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.