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Tornado Watch 190
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 18, 2019, 10:16 PM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2019, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Hardin County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Madison County, TX, Newton County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- 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
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 47 min |
| May 18, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 46 min |
| May 19, 12:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 32 min |
| May 19, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 47 min |
| May 19, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker | 42 min |
| May 19, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 18, 7:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 19 more | 62 min |
| May 18, 11:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Houston, Jasper, Madison, Nacogdoches, Newton and 9 more | 97 min |
| May 19, 1:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Newton | 58 min |
| May 19, 4:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 19, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine and 2 more | 86 min |
Nearby
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.