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Tornado Watch 513
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jul 7, 2024, 10:45 PM CDT for 14 counties in Texas. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2024, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- 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
- 30%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda | 8 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 3:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 20 min |
| Jul 8, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 19 min |
| Jul 8, 5:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 11 min |
| Jul 8, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 17 min |
| Jul 8, 9:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto | 11 min |
| Jul 8, 9:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 13 min |
| Jul 8, 9:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange | 17 min |
| Jul 8, 9:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 13 min |
| Jul 8, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Foard and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jackson and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Galveston | 107 min |
| Jul 8, 4:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Parmer | 97 min |
| Jul 8, 7:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Bowie, Cass, Chambers, Cherokee, Gregg and 24 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine | 116 min |
| Jul 8, 2:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harrison | 117 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.