Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 747

September 22, 200018 counties in Iowa; 21 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 22, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT for 18 counties in Iowa; 21 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDecatur47 min
Sep 22, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton, DeKalb65 min
Sep 22, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris46 min
Sep 22, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWayne43 min
Sep 22, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson42 min
Sep 22, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee38 min
Sep 22, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson48 min
Sep 22, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess56 min
Sep 22, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris40 min
Sep 22, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee30 min
Sep 22, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLivingston60 min
Sep 22, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris43 min
Sep 22, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson40 min
Sep 22, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDavis39 min
Sep 22, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion54 min
Sep 22, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison53 min
Sep 22, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas35 min
Sep 22, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson30 min
Sep 22, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth57 min
Sep 22, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon48 min
Sep 22, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam49 min
Sep 22, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey45 min
Sep 22, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin37 min
Sep 22, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson63 min
Sep 22, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess43 min
Sep 22, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami47 min
Sep 22, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin36 min
Sep 22, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson65 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2000-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2000-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 494 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
494 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
639 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
Sep 22, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Butler, Comanche, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 7 more6 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.