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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 598

July 20, 20005 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 20, 2000, 12:45 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2000, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Calloway County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Dunklin County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi23 min
Jul 20, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi33 min
Jul 20, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton10 min
Jul 20, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Tipton26 min
Jul 20, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby25 min
Jul 20, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall29 min
Jul 20, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman36 min
Jul 20, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Tippah29 min
Jul 20, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Madison25 min
Jul 20, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Hardin, McNairy26 min
Jul 20, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton38 min
Jul 20, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur, Henderson49 min
Jul 20, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Tippah46 min
Jul 20, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys, Perry, Wayne51 min
Jul 20, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin33 min
Jul 20, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss23 min
Jul 20, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo25 min
Jul 20, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis42 min
Jul 20, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne48 min

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 24 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2000-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1974 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2000-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
1974 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 9:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 32 more5 hr
Jul 20, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAttala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee and 8 more4 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.