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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 92

April 5, 20014 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 5, 2001, 12:00 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2001, 12:00 PM CDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Cass County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO, Cass County, NE, Gage County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Sarpy County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXFremont36 min
Apr 5, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha, Pawnee, Richardson32 min
Apr 5, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie31 min
Apr 5, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery, Page, Pottawattamie33 min
Apr 5, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass31 min
Apr 5, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison46 min
Apr 5, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdams31 min
Apr 5, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPage36 min
Apr 5, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway, Worth38 min
Apr 5, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXRinggold45 min
Apr 5, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison49 min

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2001-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2001-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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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
Apr 5, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan and 37 more6 hr
Apr 5, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppanoose, Davis, Lee, Van Buren5 hr

Nearby

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