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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 526
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Oct 10, 2014, 5:01 PM CDT for 21 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2014, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 21 counties
Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Martin County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Sterling | 37 min |
| Oct 10, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 63 min |
| Oct 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 48 min |
| Oct 10, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 30 min |
| Oct 10, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 34 min |
| Oct 10, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 30 min |
| Oct 10, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor | 50 min |
| Oct 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 47 min |
| Oct 10, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Nolan | 42 min |
| Oct 10, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 35 min |
| Oct 10, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Runnels, Taylor | 26 min |
| Oct 10, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Runnels, Taylor | 28 min |
| Oct 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor | 30 min |
| Oct 10, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels, Taylor | 32 min |
| Oct 10, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coleman | 31 min |
| Oct 10, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 7:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 94 min |
| Oct 9, 10:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carson, Collingsworth, Gray, Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson and 7 more | 86 min |
| Oct 10, 2:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Callahan, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Delta and 19 more | 94 min |
| Oct 10, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Bosque, Clay, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Irion and 10 more | 84 min |
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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.