Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 361

June 3, 20015 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Kansas; 35 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 3, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT for 5 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Kansas; 35 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2001, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 11:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBuchanan6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2001-06-04Temperature 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2001-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 377 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
377 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
603 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.2

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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
Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay, Cloud and 37 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 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.