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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 283

June 11, 201436 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 11, 2014, 3:59 PM CDT for 36 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2014, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 36 counties

Borden County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland 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

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
40%
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
70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland, Upton34 min
Jun 11, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin, Mitchell62 min
Jun 11, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry62 min
Jun 11, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Mitchell36 min
Jun 11, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling63 min
Jun 11, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Mitchell21 min
Jun 11, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell34 min
Jun 11, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry29 min
Jun 11, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan56 min
Jun 11, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall33 min
Jun 11, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Haskell, Jones45 min
Jun 11, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Irion, Runnels, Tom Green50 min
Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Shackelford60 min
Jun 11, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho, Runnels, Tom Green32 min
Jun 11, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Tom Green62 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-696 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 3:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Coke, Concho, Crane and 38 more59 min
Jun 11, 4:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Dallam and 17 more58 min
Jun 11, 5:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts and 1 more57 min
Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb and 4 more6 hr

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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.