Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 928

September 26, 200332 counties in Illinois; Des Moines County, Lee County, Iowa; 52 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 26, 2003, 1:20 PM CDT for 32 counties in Illinois; Des Moines County, Lee County, Iowa; 52 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2003, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 86 counties

Des Moines County, IA, Lee County, IA, Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Pike County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Clark County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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.

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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 302 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 2003-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 12:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, DeWitt and 23 more114 min
Sep 26, 4:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 19 more88 min
Sep 26, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 18 more5 hr
Sep 26, 5:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 26 more84 min
Sep 26, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more7 hr
Sep 26, 6:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 17 more91 min
Sep 26, 2:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Cass, Vernon113 min
Sep 26, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Cass, Jasper, Vernon4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 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.