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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 183

April 21, 200516 counties in Illinois; Posey County, Indiana; 27 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 21, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT for 16 counties in Illinois; Posey County, Indiana; 27 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2005, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, White County, IL, Posey County, IN, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Saline County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis54 min
Apr 21, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray45 min
Apr 21, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCarroll, Ray39 min
Apr 21, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Gasconade43 min
Apr 21, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone53 min
Apr 21, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison48 min
Apr 21, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Jersey39 min
Apr 21, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair46 min
Apr 21, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage45 min
Apr 21, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey, Macoupin40 min
Apr 21, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole32 min
Apr 21, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline43 min
Apr 21, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage45 min
Apr 21, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade41 min
Apr 21, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway58 min
Apr 21, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway65 min
Apr 21, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Moniteau55 min
Apr 21, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery40 min
Apr 21, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWarren36 min
Apr 21, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWhite46 min
Apr 21, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage43 min
Apr 21, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin41 min
Apr 21, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Warren47 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 2005-04-21Temperature 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 2005-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 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
Apr 20, 7:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry and 12 more87 min
Apr 21, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Greene and 13 more6 hr
Apr 21, 3:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Monroe, Pike92 min
Apr 21, 5:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more53 min
Apr 21, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more7 hr
Apr 21, 5:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair53 min
Apr 21, 3:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 4 more116 min
Apr 21, 11:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPlatte2 hr
Apr 21, 12:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Franklin and 12 more2 hr
Apr 21, 1:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar and 22 more67 min
Apr 21, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar and 32 more5 hr
Apr 21, 3:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 11 more85 min
Apr 21, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Caldwell and 19 more7 hr
Apr 21, 4:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte54 min
Apr 21, 5:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcDonald2 hr
Apr 21, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Crawford and 27 more7 hr
Apr 21, 6:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Clay and 12 more84 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.