Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 251

May 9, 20004 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 9, 2000, 12:00 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2000, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2000, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties

Calhoun County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Craig County, OK, Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Moniteau46 min
May 9, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede39 min
May 9, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee50 min
May 9, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole44 min
May 9, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata45 min
May 9, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade34 min
May 9, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Warren41 min
May 9, 1:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford3 hr
May 9, 3:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette, Montgomery4 hr
May 9, 3:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton4 hr
May 9, 4:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1344 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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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
May 8, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 21 more5 hr
May 8, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChampaign, Christian, Coles, Cook, DeWitt, Douglas and 19 more6 hr
May 9, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 19 more7 hr
May 9, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 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.