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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 196

May 1, 20035 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 1, 2003, 12:15 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2003, 12:15 PM CDT (17:15 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 86 counties

Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett23 min
May 1, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall51 min
May 1, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPosey48 min
May 1, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHardin28 min
May 1, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood36 min
May 1, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden46 min
May 1, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison57 min
May 1, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTrigg41 min
May 1, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson30 min
May 1, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson42 min
May 1, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto41 min
May 1, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHVanderburgh54 min
May 1, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton37 min
May 1, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPosey17 min
May 1, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart46 min
May 1, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys44 min
May 1, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur, Henderson46 min
May 1, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHVanderburgh23 min
May 1, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto36 min
May 1, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWarrick35 min
May 1, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson47 min
May 1, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGibson31 min
May 1, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate, Tunica45 min
May 1, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry41 min
May 1, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer55 min
May 1, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy37 min
May 1, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWarrick35 min
May 1, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPike45 min
May 1, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall41 min
May 1, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman25 min
May 1, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois34 min
May 1, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne46 min
May 1, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Tippah40 min
May 1, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson47 min
May 1, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman29 min
May 1, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis38 min
May 1, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson49 min
May 1, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson, Warren32 min
May 1, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade31 min
May 1, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford35 min
May 1, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo24 min
May 1, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson31 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2003-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 358 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2003-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 21 more119 min
Apr 30, 10:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 21 more89 min
Apr 30, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton and 22 more5 hr
May 1, 1:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton and 18 more86 min
May 1, 7:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 14 more114 min
May 1, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 9 more5 hr
May 1, 12:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 26 more3 hr
May 1, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Clay and 43 more5 hr
May 1, 3:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Clay and 35 more95 min
May 1, 11:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Hopkins, Logan and 10 more2 hr
May 1, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 53 more5 hr
May 1, 5:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone and 52 more94 min
May 1, 6:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone and 52 more95 min
May 1, 3:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes and 4 more119 min
May 1, 10:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Jefferson and 7 more113 min

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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.