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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 585

July 18, 200110 counties in Kansas; 31 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 18, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas; 31 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2001, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell 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, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison43 min
Jul 18, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt66 min
Jul 18, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown33 min
Jul 18, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDoniphan38 min
Jul 18, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew62 min
Jul 18, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan46 min
Jul 19, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClinton38 min
Jul 19, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDoniphan42 min
Jul 19, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan44 min
Jul 19, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte54 min
Jul 19, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton55 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2001-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3888 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2001-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
3888 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
19.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte6 hr

Nearby

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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.