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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 460

June 16, 20004 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 16, 2000, 2:15 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2000, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties

Alexander County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Clay County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Livingston County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington42 min

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.