Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 504

July 10, 200231 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 10, 2002, 1:00 PM CDT for 31 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2002, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Bollinger County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Morgan41 min
Jul 10, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries44 min
Jul 10, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski45 min
Jul 10, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski44 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 261 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 2002-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1804 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 2002-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1804 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1268 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Caldwell, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 8 more5 hr
Jul 10, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 17 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.