Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 545
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 1, 1997, 5:45 AM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas; 17 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1997, 5:45 AM CDT (10:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1997, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties
Atchison County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 36 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1238 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.