Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 35

March 12, 20036 counties in Kansas; 50 counties in Missouri; 4 counties in Oklahoma

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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery61 min
Mar 12, 8:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson57 min
Mar 12, 8:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass54 min
Mar 12, 8:55 PM CSTTornado WarningICTLabette, Neosho65 min
Mar 12, 8:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford48 min
Mar 12, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis59 min
Mar 12, 9:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee52 min
Mar 12, 9:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline64 min
Mar 12, 9:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon40 min
Mar 12, 9:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates54 min
Mar 12, 9:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery, Osage27 min
Mar 12, 9:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford31 min
Mar 12, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper60 min
Mar 12, 9:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon54 min
Mar 12, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette52 min
Mar 12, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry67 min
Mar 12, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee50 min
Mar 12, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper65 min
Mar 12, 10:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton65 min
Mar 12, 10:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa50 min
Mar 12, 10:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton57 min
Mar 12, 10:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade53 min
Mar 12, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Warren52 min
Mar 12, 10:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee34 min
Mar 12, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden45 min
Mar 12, 10:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence58 min
Mar 12, 10:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Cole, Moniteau48 min
Mar 12, 11:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Miller66 min
Mar 12, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa46 min
Mar 12, 11:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton46 min
Mar 12, 11:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene44 min
Mar 12, 11:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone56 min
Mar 12, 11:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry53 min
Mar 12, 11:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski37 min
Mar 12, 11:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps63 min
Mar 13, 12:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton63 min
Mar 13, 12:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone62 min
Mar 13, 12:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1109 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 7:48 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 15 more57 min
Mar 12, 9:52 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn, Neosho113 min
Mar 12, 11:41 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Callaway, Camden, Carter, Christian, Cole and 28 more94 min
Mar 13, 12:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Dent, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln and 10 more5 hr
Mar 13, 1:35 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid and 7 more115 min
Mar 12, 8:36 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek, Grady, Kingfisher and 12 more84 min
Mar 12, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland and 27 more5 hr
Mar 12, 11:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin and 17 more117 min
Mar 13, 12:56 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcCurtain2 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.