Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 14

March 8, 200220 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Iowa; 27 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 8, 2002, 11:30 PM CST for 20 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Iowa; 27 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2002, 11:30 PM CST (05:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2002, 4:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 63 counties

Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Davis County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lee County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Pike County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 12:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn42 min
Mar 9, 12:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton53 min
Mar 9, 12:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDavis, Wapello40 min
Mar 9, 12:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Macon61 min
Mar 9, 12:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNIowa, Jefferson, Keokuk, Van Buren68 min
Mar 9, 12:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline53 min
Mar 9, 12:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSchuyler47 min
Mar 9, 12:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox47 min
Mar 9, 1:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby45 min
Mar 9, 1:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Johnson, Lee, Washington70 min
Mar 9, 1:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more285 days
Mar 9, 1:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau44 min
Mar 9, 1:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBuchanan, Linn62 min
Mar 9, 2:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHancock, Henderson40 min
Mar 9, 2:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNMercer, Rock Island40 min
Mar 9, 2:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNMcDonough, Warren50 min
Mar 9, 3:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox40 min
Mar 9, 3:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton40 min
Mar 9, 3:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry39 min
Mar 9, 3:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNWhiteside34 min

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2002-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 184 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2002-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 11:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMonroe, Randolph4 hr
Mar 9, 4:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Champaign, Cook, DeKalb, DeWitt and 33 more4 hr
Mar 8, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Clay and 17 more5 hr

Nearby

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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.