Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 752

September 22, 200133 counties in Iowa; 32 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 22, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT for 33 counties in Iowa; 32 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2001, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties

Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Webster County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Wright County, IA, Adams County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay49 min
Sep 22, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay57 min
Sep 22, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore51 min
Sep 22, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork42 min
Sep 22, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer57 min
Sep 22, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline, Seward38 min
Sep 22, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore50 min
Sep 22, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, York45 min
Sep 22, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer55 min
Sep 22, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSeward33 min
Sep 22, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster31 min
Sep 22, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay23 min
Sep 22, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe32 min
Sep 22, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMills34 min
Sep 22, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMills48 min
Sep 22, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass23 min

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 12 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2845 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
2845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 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.