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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 297

May 28, 201716 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 28, 2017, 7:40 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2017, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt

Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Duval County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Starr County, TX, Webb County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
5%
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
60%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb40 min
May 28, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb27 min
May 28, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg, Zapata65 min
May 28, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb51 min
May 28, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg, Starr, Zapata64 min
May 28, 11:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROZapata86 min
May 29, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Webb49 min
May 29, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr52 min
May 29, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb16 min
May 29, 12:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROJim Hogg, Starr, Zapata83 min
May 29, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy62 min
May 29, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Webb36 min
May 29, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy59 min
May 29, 1:17 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval17 min
May 29, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Kleberg41 min
May 29, 1:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Starr92 min
May 29, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Kenedy62 min
May 29, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces3 hr
May 29, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces41 min
May 29, 2:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg3 hr
May 29, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio41 min
May 29, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio45 min
May 29, 3:18 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg27 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Tyler6 hr
May 28, 7:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDuval, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb and 1 more56 min
May 28, 7:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Houston, Nacogdoches, Panola and 5 more56 min
May 28, 9:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine, Tyler59 min
May 28, 9:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak and 3 more64 min
May 29, 2:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Wells and 6 more118 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.