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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 622

July 24, 200128 counties in Illinois; 25 counties in Iowa; 20 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 24, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT for 28 counties in Illinois; 25 counties in Iowa; 20 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2001, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 73 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Knox County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Clark County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam42 min
Jul 24, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDavis45 min
Jul 24, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Sullivan51 min
Jul 24, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison56 min
Jul 24, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry, Nodaway, Worth45 min
Jul 24, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle32 min
Jul 24, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry45 min
Jul 24, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Mercer62 min
Jul 25, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair36 min
Jul 25, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox43 min
Jul 25, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway50 min
Jul 25, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon, Randolph41 min

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2001-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3214 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2001-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
3214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPage6 hr
Jul 25, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell and 34 more5 hr

Nearby

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