Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 242
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 17, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 36 counties in Missouri; Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory | 47 min |
| May 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller, Pulaski | 47 min |
| May 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 47 min |
| May 17, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 53 min |
| May 17, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 43 min |
| May 17, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 62 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 5 hr |
| May 17, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 22 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron | 6 hr |
| May 17, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Custer, Dewey and 8 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 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.