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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 149

April 15, 20014 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 15, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2001, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 63 counties

Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clay County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Marion County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Jackson County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Benton County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Lake County, TN

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene53 min
Apr 15, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone53 min
Apr 15, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster, Wright44 min
Apr 15, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas40 min
Apr 15, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene45 min
Apr 15, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney55 min
Apr 15, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas48 min
Apr 15, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene48 min
Apr 15, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell48 min
Apr 15, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone48 min
Apr 15, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison40 min
Apr 15, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Taney50 min
Apr 15, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone48 min
Apr 15, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon63 min
Apr 15, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion, Newton, Searcy45 min
Apr 15, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Ripley30 min
Apr 15, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Oregon59 min
Apr 15, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark72 min
Apr 15, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds24 min
Apr 15, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Stone42 min
Apr 15, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter16 min
Apr 15, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Izard39 min
Apr 15, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Sharp33 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton5 hr
Apr 15, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Madison and 5 more5 hr
Apr 15, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 25 more5 hr
Apr 14, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Carroll and 16 more6 hr
Apr 15, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 40 more6 hr
Apr 15, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 31 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.