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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 151

April 15, 200131 counties in Arkansas; 12 counties in Missouri; Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 15, 2001, 2:45 AM CDT for 31 counties in Arkansas; 12 counties in Missouri; Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2001, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2001, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Baxter County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Perry County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Lauderdale County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 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 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
Apr 15, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson36 min
Apr 15, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett46 min
Apr 15, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi49 min
Apr 15, 5:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Shelby, Tipton37 min

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2001-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2001-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 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 14, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton5 hr
Apr 15, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Fulton, Marion and 2 more4 hr
Apr 15, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Madison and 5 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

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 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.