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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 471

June 20, 200013 counties in Illinois; 4 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 20, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT for 13 counties in Illinois; 4 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2000, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Bond County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Linn 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, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair, Vernon41 min
Jun 20, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage42 min
Jun 20, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Warren46 min
Jun 20, 8:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFSt. Clair, Vernon6 hr
Jun 20, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade35 min
Jun 20, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage42 min
Jun 20, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey47 min
Jun 20, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison61 min
Jun 20, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles61 min
Jun 20, 9:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford5 hr
Jun 20, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin25 min
Jun 20, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Montgomery51 min
Jun 20, 10:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden, Miller4 hr
Jun 20, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair47 min
Jun 20, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette47 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2000-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 460 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 2000-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 226 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
460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

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

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, DeWitt and 23 more6 hr
Jun 19, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDecatur, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 8 more5 hr
Jun 20, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Marshall, Nemaha, Republic and 1 more6 hr
Jun 20, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin and 12 more7 hr
Jun 20, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley and 16 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.