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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 370

June 25, 20175 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 25, 2017, 2:59 PM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2017, 2:59 PM MDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2017, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 38 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Chaves County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
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
80%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLos Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe42 min
Jun 25, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers55 min
Jun 25, 3:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel43 min
Jun 25, 3:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln42 min
Jun 25, 3:25 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca35 min
Jun 25, 3:43 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBBaca47 min
Jun 25, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero18 min
Jun 25, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Harding, Mora49 min
Jun 25, 4:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas44 min
Jun 25, 4:02 PM MDTTornado WarningABQColfax28 min
Jun 25, 4:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora52 min
Jun 25, 4:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca47 min
Jun 25, 4:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance51 min
Jun 25, 4:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron, Texas96 min
Jun 25, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel50 min
Jun 25, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln46 min
Jun 25, 4:34 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca26 min
Jun 25, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLos Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe39 min
Jun 25, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance51 min
Jun 25, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel45 min
Jun 25, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax38 min
Jun 25, 4:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln34 min
Jun 25, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Torrance45 min
Jun 25, 5:08 PM MDTTornado WarningABQMora22 min
Jun 25, 5:12 PM MDTTornado WarningAMACimarron35 min
Jun 25, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance24 min
Jun 25, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Torrance64 min
Jun 25, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLos Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe21 min
Jun 25, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel48 min
Jun 25, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron, Texas66 min
Jun 25, 5:30 PM MDTTornado WarningAMACimarron45 min
Jun 25, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca29 min
Jun 25, 5:33 PM MDTTornado WarningABQMora29 min
Jun 25, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron39 min
Jun 25, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas32 min
Jun 25, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance42 min
Jun 25, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas35 min
Jun 25, 6:00 PM MDTTornado WarningABQMora19 min
Jun 25, 6:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron86 min
Jun 25, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel28 min
Jun 25, 6:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel43 min
Jun 25, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas26 min
Jun 25, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel49 min
Jun 25, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Torrance32 min
Jun 25, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas29 min
Jun 25, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel51 min
Jun 25, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore62 min
Jun 25, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley86 min
Jun 25, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel34 min
Jun 25, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Roosevelt11 min
Jun 25, 7:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Oldham95 min
Jun 25, 8:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith92 min
Jun 25, 8:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall88 min
Jun 25, 9:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer31 min
Jun 25, 9:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Lamb, Parmer37 min
Jun 25, 9:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Parmer33 min
Jun 25, 10:11 PM MDTTornado WarningLUBBailey, Lamb34 min
Jun 25, 10:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningAMAPotter, Randall2 hr
Jun 25, 10:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Lamb33 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 475 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.8

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 5:12 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Las Animas93 min
Jun 25, 1:08 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBernalillo, Chaves, Colfax, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe and 9 more3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.