Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 323

May 22, 20007 counties in Illinois; 47 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 22, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT for 7 counties in Illinois; 47 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2000, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 54 counties

Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper 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, Iron County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Johnson 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, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun48 min
May 22, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone43 min
May 22, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGreene, Jersey52 min
May 22, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun47 min
May 22, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery51 min
May 22, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey, Madison45 min
May 22, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis52 min
May 22, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair43 min
May 22, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey46 min
May 22, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve51 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2000-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 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 2000-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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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 22, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, McDonald, Newton, Stone6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 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.