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Tornado Watch 437

June 19, 202428 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 19, 2024, 7:25 PM CDT for 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2024, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Strongest gust expected
50 kt
All 28 counties

Aransas County, TX, Atascosa County, TX, Bee County, TX, Brooks County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Cameron County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Duval County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Starr County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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
50%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
20%
Ten or more severe wind reports
5%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
5%
Ten or more severe hail reports
5%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
20%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, San Patricio16 min
Jun 19, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, Refugio21 min
Jun 19, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval22 min
Jun 19, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, Refugio19 min
Jun 19, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas20 min
Jun 19, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen30 min
Jun 19, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval25 min
Jun 19, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, Refugio25 min
Jun 19, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo35 min
Jun 19, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPRefugio, San Patricio28 min
Jun 19, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Refugio, San Patricio22 min
Jun 19, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg24 min
Jun 19, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg22 min
Jun 19, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg18 min
Jun 19, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells16 min
Jun 19, 11:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBROWillacy16 min
Jun 20, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells25 min
Jun 20, 12:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio3 hr
Jun 20, 12:25 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells20 min
Jun 20, 12:40 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval20 min
Jun 20, 1:02 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells16 min
Jun 20, 2:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, La Salle, McMullen, Webb3 hr
Jun 20, 3:34 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg26 min
Jun 20, 4:34 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Webb26 min
Jun 20, 4:51 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval24 min
Jun 20, 5:14 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Webb16 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1715 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1715 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
10.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEl Paso, Hudspeth61 min
Jun 19, 11:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Brooks, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells and 8 more2 hr
Jun 20, 5:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells and 8 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.