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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 33

February 24, 20018 counties in Illinois; 36 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 24, 2001, 3:30 PM CST for 8 counties in Illinois; 36 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2001, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2001, 9:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Clinton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 3:41 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOzark34 min
Feb 24, 3:47 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFDouglas43 min
Feb 24, 4:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Ozark, Texas4 hr
Feb 24, 4:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell35 min
Feb 24, 5:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford41 min
Feb 24, 5:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon38 min
Feb 24, 5:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter36 min
Feb 24, 7:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid, Stoddard37 min
Feb 24, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHScott16 min
Feb 24, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau18 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 12:00Z on 2001-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 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
429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
371 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
Feb 24, 11:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Christian, Dade, Douglas, Greene and 10 more6 hr
Feb 24, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 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.