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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 285
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 29, 2019, 1:56 AM CDT for 30 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2019, 1:56 AM CDT (06:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2019, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 30 counties
Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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
- 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
- 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
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland, Mitchell | 62 min |
| May 29, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 53 min |
| May 29, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Martin, Mitchell | 63 min |
| May 29, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Winkler | 64 min |
| May 29, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Nolan | 46 min |
| May 29, 7:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Taylor | 41 min |
| May 29, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 62 min |
| May 29, 7:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Jones, Taylor | 117 min |
| May 29, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor | 52 min |
| May 29, 8:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 22 min |
| May 29, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 30 min |
| May 29, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 53 min |
| May 29, 9:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Fisher, Nolan | 3 hr |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 11:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Midland, Pecos, Reagan and 3 more | 117 min |
| May 29, 4:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Coke, Ector, Fisher, Glasscock and 18 more | 115 min |
| May 29, 7:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin and 7 more | 119 min |
| May 29, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Grayson, Hood and 8 more | 4 hr |
| May 29, 9:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Baylor, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Crane and 19 more | 86 min |
| May 29, 10:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay | 7 hr |
| May 29, 12:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 26 more | 87 min |
| May 29, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin and 35 more | 9 hr |
| May 29, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Mason and 5 more | 2 hr |
| May 29, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas and 23 more | 63 min |
| May 29, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 4 more | 7 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.