Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 561

July 9, 200024 counties in Iowa; 19 counties in Nebraska; Union County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 9, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT for 24 counties in Iowa; 19 counties in Nebraska; Union County, South Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Audubon County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Greene County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Webster County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, York County, NE, Union County, SD

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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
Jul 9, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDO'Brien, Osceola31 min
Jul 9, 10:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDDickinson87 min
Jul 9, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Dickinson36 min
Jul 9, 10:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDClay, O'Brien96 min
Jul 9, 10:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXEmmet18 hr
Jul 9, 11:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXPalo Alto15 hr
Jul 9, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXKossuth15 hr
Jul 9, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXHumboldt15 hr
Jul 10, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Wayne41 min
Jul 10, 1:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXEmmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto15 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 358 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2000-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3029 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2000-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
3029 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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 9, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 21 more6 hr
Jul 10, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClinton, Jackson6 hr
Jul 10, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHarding6 hr
Jul 10, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson and 5 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 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.