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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 115

April 10, 200115 counties in Kansas; 17 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 10, 2001, 12:15 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; 17 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2001, 12:15 AM CDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2001, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson43 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
Apr 10, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette57 min
Apr 10, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen41 min
Apr 10, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline58 min
Apr 10, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson43 min
Apr 10, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates39 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 00:00Z on 2001-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 00:00Z on 2001-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-352 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 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
Apr 10, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Coffey, Crawford and 9 more5 hr
Apr 10, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay and 42 more6 hr
Apr 10, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 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.