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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 85

April 3, 20014 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 3, 2001, 5:15 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2001, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Butler County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Sharp51 min
Apr 3, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves35 min
Apr 3, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGRandolph41 min
Apr 3, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Sharp50 min
Apr 3, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson43 min
Apr 3, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett38 min
Apr 3, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson48 min
Apr 3, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJackson41 min
Apr 3, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden52 min
Apr 3, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Poinsett45 min
Apr 3, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCross43 min
Apr 3, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson47 min
Apr 3, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCross, St. Francis48 min
Apr 3, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWoodruff40 min

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2001-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1399 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2001-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 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
1399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLee, Phillips, St. Francis5 hr
Apr 3, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrew, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Cass, Clay and 9 more4 hr
Apr 3, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian and 22 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 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.