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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 336

May 24, 20004 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 24, 2000, 1:00 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2000, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2000, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 83 counties

Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Larue County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Webster County, KY, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, White County, TN, Wilson County, TN

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart29 min

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1386 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
1386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.9

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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 23, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more5 hr
May 24, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union6 hr
May 24, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more6 hr
May 23, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 48 more6 hr

Nearby

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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.