Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 97
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 23, 2015, 5:03 PM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2015, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2015, 7:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Bell County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Falls County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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
- 20%
- 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%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 9:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Haskell, Jack, Knox and 5 more | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bosque, Dallas, Denton, Eastland, Ellis, Erath and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, McLennan, Somervell | 2 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Coryell, Falls and 15 more | 115 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.