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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 33

March 24, 20024 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 24, 2002, 6:30 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2002, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2002, 11:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 7:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek42 min
Mar 24, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa50 min
Mar 24, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage41 min
Mar 24, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner48 min
Mar 24, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Wagoner47 min
Mar 24, 9:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee26 min
Mar 24, 10:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers42 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 00:00Z on 2002-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 250019
SEL3  
SPC WW 250010
ARZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-250500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 33
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
610 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS                           
   SOUTHEAST KANSAS                             
   SOUTHERN MISSOURI                           
   NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 630 PM UNTIL 1100
PM CST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD
MISSOURI.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

DISCUSSION...ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IN ZONE OF STRENGTHENING WARM ADVECTION/ASCENT
DOWNSTREAM FROM SURFACE WAVE NOW NEAR CNU.  OTHER...POSSIBLY
SURFACE-BASED STORMS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG PORTION OF COLD FRONT
UNDERCUTTING MOISTURE/THERMAL AXIS IN OK.  STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE
RATES AND 60 KT DEEP SHEAR SUGGEST LIKELIHOOD FOR HAIL WITH THE
MORE SUSTAINED STORMS.  

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 25040.

...CORFIDI

373,0963 381,0914 362,0914 353,0963

WWUS20 KWNS 250019
SEL3  
SPC WW 250010
ARZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-250500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 33
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
610 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS                           
   SOUTHEAST KANSAS                             
   SOUTHERN MISSOURI                           
   NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 630 PM UNTIL 1100
PM CST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD
MISSOURI.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

DISCUSSION...ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IN ZONE OF STRENGTHENING WARM ADVECTION/ASCENT
DOWNSTREAM FROM SURFACE WAVE NOW NEAR CNU.  OTHER...POSSIBLY
SURFACE-BASED STORMS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG PORTION OF COLD FRONT
UNDERCUTTING MOISTURE/THERMAL AXIS IN OK.  STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE
RATES AND 60 KT DEEP SHEAR SUGGEST LIKELIHOOD FOR HAIL WITH THE
MORE SUSTAINED STORMS.  

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 25040.

...CORFIDI

373,0963 381,0914 362,0914 353,0963

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 6 more6 hr
Mar 25, 11:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 26 more5 hr
Mar 25, 12:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCraighead, Greene, Jackson, Mississippi, Poinsett4 hr
Mar 25, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Cross and 28 more6 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.