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Tornado Watch 355

June 1, 199922 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Kentucky; 24 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 1, 1999, 5:30 PM CDT for 22 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Kentucky; 24 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1999, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1999, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Perry County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison47 min
Jun 1, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne44 min
Jun 1, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCrawford51 min
Jun 1, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin51 min
Jun 1, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFranklin50 min
Jun 1, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDent, Phelps36 min
Jun 1, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Stoddard44 min
Jun 1, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXJefferson50 min
Jun 1, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXWashington48 min
Jun 1, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCrawford49 min
Jun 1, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDent51 min
Jun 1, 8:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent2 hr
Jun 1, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon51 min
Jun 1, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon3 hr
Jun 1, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds62 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 297 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 12:00Z on 1999-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1999-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-321 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer and 3 more6 hr
Jun 1, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 52 more6 hr
Jun 1, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 29 more6 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Missouri, 1999Tornado Watches in Illinois, 1999Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 1999Every tornado watch in 1999

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.