Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 792

October 22, 200129 counties in Iowa; 15 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Oct 22, 2001, 12:30 PM CDT for 29 counties in Iowa; 15 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 22, 2001, 12:30 PM CDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
Oct 22, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie43 min
Oct 22, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMills25 min
Oct 22, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery46 min
Oct 22, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass43 min
Oct 22, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdams50 min
Oct 22, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair51 min
Oct 22, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXUnion53 min
Oct 22, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMadison57 min
Oct 22, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke, Warren50 min
Oct 22, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke, Union46 min
Oct 22, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXLucas53 min
Oct 22, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Monroe, Wayne46 min

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 12:00Z on 2001-10-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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
Oct 22, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAppanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry and 14 more5 hr
Oct 22, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCScott5 hr

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.