Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 147

April 14, 200122 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 14, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT for 22 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2001, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties

Audrain County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howard County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Pike County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline61 min
Apr 14, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis55 min
Apr 14, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, St. Clair37 min
Apr 14, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan54 min
Apr 14, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton45 min
Apr 14, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau38 min
Apr 14, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller24 min
Apr 14, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage64 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2001-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2001-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 14, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Cedar, Dade, Henry and 6 more5 hr
Apr 15, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Bollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter and 42 more4 hr
Apr 15, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Howell and 6 more5 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.