Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 111

March 27, 19974 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 27, 1997, 10:00 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1997, 10:00 PM CST (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1997, 3:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Marion County, AR, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Delaware County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 1:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford60 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1997-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1997-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 12:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Independence and 8 more6 hr
Mar 28, 2:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Iron, Jefferson and 15 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1997

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.