Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 757

October 3, 200015 counties in Illinois; 27 counties in Iowa; 20 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Oct 3, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT for 15 counties in Illinois; 27 counties in Iowa; 20 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Knox County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Warren County, IL, Adair County, MO, Clark County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJefferson46 min
Oct 3, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry34 min
Oct 3, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDes Moines, Louisa45 min
Oct 3, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer, Putnam54 min
Oct 3, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenderson, Mercer, Warren38 min
Oct 3, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBureau, Henry39 min
Oct 3, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox47 min

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 289 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-10-03Temperature 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
1696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 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.

Nearby

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