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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 830

August 2, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 2, 2003, 1:05 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2003, 1:05 AM CDT (06:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 98 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Izard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Alfalfa County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner60 min
Aug 2, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage62 min
Aug 2, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas71 min
Aug 2, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory78 min
Aug 2, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay41 min
Aug 2, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington40 min
Aug 2, 1:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHickory6 hr
Aug 2, 2:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKay3 hr
Aug 2, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk82 min
Aug 2, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee46 min
Aug 2, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk70 min
Aug 2, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick52 min
Aug 2, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Laclede6 hr
Aug 2, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene75 min
Aug 2, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede73 min
Aug 2, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster77 min
Aug 2, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade56 min
Aug 2, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright70 min
Aug 2, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian67 min
Aug 2, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas72 min
Aug 2, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas56 min
Aug 2, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark69 min
Aug 2, 3:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney82 min
Aug 2, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Boone, Fulton, Izard, Marion76 min
Aug 2, 4:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSATulsa4 hr
Aug 2, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFSt. Clair6 hr
Aug 2, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry63 min
Aug 2, 4:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy, Stone58 min
Aug 2, 5:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone43 min
Aug 2, 5:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene92 min
Aug 2, 5:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian63 min
Aug 2, 6:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBoone2 hr
Aug 2, 6:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAWagoner3 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2003-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 268 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2003-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-318 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 13 more97 min
Aug 2, 3:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Crawford and 10 more64 min
Aug 2, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Independence and 14 more7 hr
Aug 2, 6:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Independence and 14 more57 min
Aug 2, 12:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lincoln113 min
Aug 1, 10:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Gove, Greeley, Hamilton, Logan, Rawlins and 6 more83 min
Aug 1, 11:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua and 19 more96 min
Aug 1, 7:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Madison, Mississippi and 7 more85 min
Aug 2, 3:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Henry and 8 more2 hr
Aug 2, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Cole, Cooper and 18 more6 hr
Aug 2, 5:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron83 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.