Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 733

September 11, 200012 counties in Illinois; 11 counties in Iowa; 9 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 11, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT for 12 counties in Illinois; 11 counties in Iowa; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2000, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Boone County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Lee County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Dane County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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
Sep 11, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJo Daviess69 min
Sep 11, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNStephenson69 min
Sep 11, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha65 min
Sep 11, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNIowa, Johnson47 min
Sep 11, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth67 min
Sep 11, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCarroll, Whiteside51 min
Sep 11, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock60 min
Sep 11, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Scott43 min
Sep 11, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTOgle, Winnebago38 min
Sep 11, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLee38 min
Sep 11, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNMuscatine30 min
Sep 11, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTOgle10 min
Sep 11, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Rock Island, Whiteside45 min
Sep 11, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Scott51 min
Sep 11, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTBoone, DeKalb, Lee, Ogle48 min
Sep 11, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTKane, McHenry48 min
Sep 11, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBureau, Henry, Whiteside62 min
Sep 11, 9:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha4 hr
Sep 11, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBureau45 min

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 00:00Z on 2000-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1371 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 00:00Z on 2000-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
1371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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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
Sep 11, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 12 more4 hr
Sep 11, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clinton, DeWitt and 27 more5 hr

Nearby

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