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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 735

September 11, 20004 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 11, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clinton County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Greene County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Will County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN, Berrien County, MI, City of Saint Louis, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Osage County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Warren County, MO

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGreene58 min
Sep 11, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFord, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston55 min
Sep 11, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan54 min
Sep 11, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey39 min
Sep 11, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin52 min
Sep 11, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean55 min
Sep 11, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien36 min
Sep 11, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison59 min
Sep 11, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFord, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston61 min
Sep 12, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair59 min
Sep 12, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTBenton, Jasper, Newton59 min
Sep 12, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Warren30 min

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2000-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3019 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2000-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
3019 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1421 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.6

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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, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Lee and 6 more4 hr
Sep 11, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 12 more4 hr
Sep 11, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 20 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.