Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 547

July 12, 200115 counties in Kansas; 44 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 12, 2001, 2:00 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; 44 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2001, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2001, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 59 counties

Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Clay County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette64 min
Jul 12, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth52 min
Jul 12, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden62 min
Jul 12, 5:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Hickory, St. Clair6 hr
Jul 12, 7:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMorgan4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2001-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2001-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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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.