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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 537

July 5, 200025 counties in Illinois; 8 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 5, 2000, 1:00 PM CDT for 25 counties in Illinois; 8 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2000, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Clark County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO, Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJefferson, Van Buren58 min
Jul 5, 2:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXJefferson, Van Buren6 hr
Jul 5, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler61 min
Jul 5, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHancock, McDonough55 min
Jul 5, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams35 min
Jul 5, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBrown40 min
Jul 5, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Mason, Morgan50 min
Jul 5, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton50 min
Jul 5, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXScott50 min
Jul 5, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike33 min
Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Mason, Menard, Sangamon65 min
Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan65 min
Jul 5, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian65 min

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2000-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2000-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Jul 5, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 30 more4 hr
Jul 5, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll and 33 more5 hr
Jul 5, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 9 more4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 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.