Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 112

April 9, 200110 counties in Illinois; 6 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 9, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT for 10 counties in Illinois; 6 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2001, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties

Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Jersey County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Pike County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Bourbon County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shelby County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward42 min
Apr 9, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson48 min
Apr 9, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon45 min
Apr 9, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Saline56 min
Apr 9, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton49 min
Apr 9, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph48 min
Apr 9, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon40 min
Apr 9, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan46 min
Apr 9, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph51 min
Apr 9, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway49 min
Apr 9, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn63 min
Apr 9, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage40 min
Apr 9, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates59 min
Apr 9, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls46 min
Apr 9, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn44 min
Apr 9, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry49 min
Apr 9, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates43 min
Apr 9, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike46 min
Apr 9, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton44 min
Apr 9, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass60 min
Apr 9, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis41 min
Apr 9, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson59 min
Apr 9, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass41 min
Apr 9, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis41 min
Apr 9, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson37 min
Apr 9, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette61 min
Apr 10, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline58 min
Apr 10, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper54 min
Apr 10, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward66 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 2001-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2001-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-294 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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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
Apr 8, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJo Daviess6 hr
Apr 9, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBureau, Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford and 21 more6 hr
Apr 8, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson, Marshall and 5 more6 hr
Apr 9, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley and 9 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2001

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.