Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 757
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Oct 3, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 34 min |
| Oct 3, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 45 min |
| Oct 3, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer, Putnam | 54 min |
| Oct 3, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henderson, Mercer, Warren | 38 min |
| Oct 3, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry | 39 min |
| Oct 3, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 47 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.
- 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
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.