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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 49
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 1, 2023, 7:23 AM CST for 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2023, 7:23 AM CST (13:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2023, 10:04 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 50 kt
Counties Collin County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 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
- 5%
- 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
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 60%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 52 min |
| Mar 1, 7:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 8:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 8:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt | 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:06 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 23 more | 114 min |
| Mar 1, 9:02 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins and 5 more | 88 min |
| Mar 1, 2:22 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowie | 113 min |
| Mar 1, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:27 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Burnet, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Freestone and 10 more | 2 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.