Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 33
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 42 min |
| Mar 24, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 48 min |
| Mar 24, 9:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Wagoner | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 26 min |
| Mar 24, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 42 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craighead, Greene, Jackson, Mississippi, Poinsett | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Cross and 28 more | 6 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.