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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 177
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 29, 2017, 6:50 PM CDT for 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2017, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2017, 10:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 26 counties
Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Houston County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Madison County, TX, Milam County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Travis County, TX, Walker County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson | 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 10:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Foard, Hall, Hardeman and 2 more | 117 min |
| Apr 28, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, Foard and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine, Tyler | 116 min |
| Apr 29, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Delta, Fannin, Franklin and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bastrop, Caldwell, Falls, Lee, Milam, Travis and 1 more | 59 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.