Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 122
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 19, 2002, 5:00 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas; 23 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2002, 5:00 AM CDT (10:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2002, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties
Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO
Warnings issued inside it
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 5:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 6:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 7:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Saline | 59 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Chase, Dickinson, Edwards, Ellsworth and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Johnson, Linn, Miami | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Clark, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Bollinger, Camden, Cape Girardeau and 43 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Madison, Mississippi and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, Saint Charles and 3 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002
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.