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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 377

July 15, 2020Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 15, 2020, 8:54 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2020, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2020, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1.5 in
Strongest gust expected
65 kt

Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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
5%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
50%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
20%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham61 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
Jul 15, 10:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2020Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2020Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2020

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.