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Tornado Watch 278
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 12, 2023, 3:35 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2023, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2023, 10:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 4 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
Counties Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brown County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Mills County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 40%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 80%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 80%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Concho, McCulloch | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch, San Saba | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman, Concho, McCulloch | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch, San Saba | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, San Saba | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 16 min |
| Jun 12, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Dallam, Donley, Gray and 12 more | 115 min |
| Jun 11, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Franklin and 17 more | 116 min |
| Jun 11, 11:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dallam, Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carson, Dallam, Gray, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson and 4 more | 117 min |
| Jun 12, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lamar | 97 min |
| Jun 12, 11:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carson, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter and 2 more | 113 min |
| Jun 12, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 19 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 8 more | 88 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.