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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 760

July 18, 20034 counties in Illinois; 30 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 18, 2003, 3:45 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois; 30 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2003, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties

Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Pike County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 4:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLincoln3 hr
Jul 18, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois, Washington50 min
Jul 18, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison, Saint Francois45 min
Jul 18, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve52 min
Jul 18, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison29 min
Jul 18, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois33 min
Jul 18, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne61 min
Jul 18, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois52 min
Jul 18, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler52 min
Jul 18, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison47 min
Jul 18, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley62 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 272 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 2003-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 315 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2003-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 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
315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.2

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBureau, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Grundy, Henry and 13 more5 hr
Jul 17, 11:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Champaign, Ford, Grundy, Henry, Iroquois and 12 more94 min
Jul 18, 2:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas and 13 more59 min
Jul 18, 2:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHenderson, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren3 hr
Jul 18, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 38 more6 hr
Jul 18, 6:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Alexander, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton and 18 more60 min
Jul 18, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe, Perry and 6 more5 hr
Jul 18, 9:06 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Franklin, Greene and 16 more84 min
Jul 18, 9:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Clinton, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 15 more5 hr
Jul 18, 3:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Calhoun, Jersey, Monroe, Pike, Randolph97 min
Jul 18, 12:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Stoddard60 min

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.