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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 193

May 1, 20025 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 1, 2002, 9:45 AM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2002, 9:45 AM CDT (14:45 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2002, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties

Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Clay County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Marion County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, Morgan County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Carroll County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 9:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon35 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2002-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2133 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2002-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 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
2133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 50 more5 hr
May 1, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 39 more4 hr
May 1, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd and 72 more5 hr
May 1, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson and 18 more4 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.