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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 302

May 8, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 8, 2003, 12:20 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2003, 12:20 PM CDT (17:20 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 81 counties

Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Menard County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Perry County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Daviess County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Henderson County, KY, McLean County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Audrain County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Franklin County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Perry County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery47 min
May 8, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway53 min
May 8, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Warren41 min
May 8, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery39 min
May 8, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike62 min
May 8, 1:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCalhoun3 hr
May 8, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Jersey50 min
May 8, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery52 min
May 8, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery49 min
May 8, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery28 min
May 8, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne28 min
May 8, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette64 min
May 8, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence, Richland47 min
May 8, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Montgomery29 min
May 8, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe48 min
May 8, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Fayette49 min
May 8, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRandolph, Saint Clair62 min
May 8, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay, Effingham41 min
May 8, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox34 min
May 8, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence31 min
May 8, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion31 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2003-05-08Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2003-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 10:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Massac, Pulaski6 hr
May 8, 12:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMassac2 hr
May 8, 2:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Christian, Clay and 35 more2 hr
May 8, 2:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMassac85 min
May 8, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 34 more5 hr
May 8, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCEdwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Massac, Pope and 4 more6 hr
May 8, 9:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barren, Butler, Calloway, Christian, Clinton and 14 more3 hr
May 8, 1:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Cedar, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon3 hr
May 8, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Cass, Cedar and 12 more5 hr
May 8, 3:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Barry, Barton, Benton, Buchanan and 32 more3 hr
May 8, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 27 more7 hr
May 8, 7:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 27 more85 min
May 8, 7:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 27 more95 min
May 8, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison7 hr
May 8, 4:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Barton, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Caldwell and 35 more29 min
May 8, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Barton, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 24 more6 hr
May 8, 5:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, McDonald, Newton, Stone59 min
May 8, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton5 hr
May 8, 6:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Barton, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 24 more2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2003Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2003

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.