Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 35
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 12, 2003, 8:25 PM CST for 6 counties in Kansas; 50 counties in Missouri; 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2003, 8:25 PM CST (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2003, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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
38 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Mar 12, 8:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 57 min |
| Mar 12, 8:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 54 min |
| Mar 12, 8:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 9:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 9:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 54 min |
| Mar 12, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery, Osage | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 9:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 54 min |
| Mar 12, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 67 min |
| Mar 12, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 10:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 10:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 57 min |
| Mar 12, 10:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 53 min |
| Mar 12, 10:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Warren | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 10:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 10:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 11:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller | 66 min |
| Mar 12, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 11:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 11:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 11:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone | 56 min |
| Mar 12, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 53 min |
| Mar 12, 11:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 11:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 63 min |
| Mar 13, 12:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 63 min |
| Mar 13, 12:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 62 min |
| Mar 13, 12:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 5 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:48 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 15 more | 57 min |
| Mar 12, 9:52 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn, Neosho | 113 min |
| Mar 12, 11:41 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Callaway, Camden, Carter, Christian, Cole and 28 more | 94 min |
| Mar 13, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid and 7 more | 115 min |
| Mar 12, 8:36 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek, Grady, Kingfisher and 12 more | 84 min |
| Mar 12, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin and 17 more | 117 min |
| Mar 13, 12:56 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McCurtain | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 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.