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Tornado Watch 298

May 30, 201914 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 30, 2019, 2:43 PM CDT for 14 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2019, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
55 kt

Counties Brewster County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 216 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
20%
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
40%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
50%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio39 min
May 30, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves32 min
May 30, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell61 min
May 30, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Presidio71 min
May 30, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell44 min
May 30, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett55 min
May 30, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio59 min
May 30, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio58 min
May 30, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett61 min
May 30, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster42 min
May 30, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCrockett29 min
May 30, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Sutton60 min
May 30, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde65 min
May 30, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster55 min
May 30, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster38 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 9:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPecos, Ward94 min
May 30, 1:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCConcho, Crane, Crockett, Edwards, Glasscock, Irion and 13 more2 hr
May 30, 1:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam3 hr
May 30, 2:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Presidio2 hr
May 30, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 8 more5 hr
May 30, 6:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos and 4 more93 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.