Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 160
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 7, 2000, 2:15 PM CDT for 19 counties in Arkansas; 8 counties in Illinois; 31 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2000, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties
Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pope County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Madison County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps 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, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
17 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 55 min |
| Apr 7, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 39 min |
| Apr 7, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 55 min |
| Apr 7, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 54 min |
| Apr 7, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph, Saint Clair | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Francois, Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 64 min |
| Apr 7, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Stone | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 17 min |
| Apr 7, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 64 min |
| Apr 7, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 35 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.0
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 16 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2000
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.