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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 844
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 5, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas; 27 counties in Missouri; 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2003, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties
Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton 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, Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Washington County, OK
Warnings issued inside it
20 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 74 min |
| Aug 5, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 76 min |
| Aug 5, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Webster | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 54 min |
| Aug 5, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Wright | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 10:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 62 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 9:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 6 more | 90 min |
| Aug 6, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Sherman and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 2 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.