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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 435

June 8, 200511 counties in Iowa; 29 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 8, 2005, 9:55 AM CDT for 11 counties in Iowa; 29 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2005, 9:55 AM CDT (14:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 10:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMonroe38 min
Jun 8, 10:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWapello43 min
Jun 8, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDavis48 min
Jun 8, 11:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJefferson, Van Buren70 min
Jun 8, 11:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLivingston35 min
Jun 8, 11:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNScotland79 min
Jun 8, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson, Washington77 min
Jun 8, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Livingston38 min
Jun 8, 12:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry40 min
Jun 8, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox50 min
Jun 8, 12:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLivingston6 hr
Jun 8, 12:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCarroll6 hr
Jun 8, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Shelby51 min
Jun 8, 1:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMacon6 hr
Jun 8, 1:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXChariton6 hr
Jun 8, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLewis, Marion, Shelby44 min
Jun 8, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Ralls33 min
Jun 8, 2:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXChariton, Randolph6 hr
Jun 8, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Monroe40 min
Jun 8, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Randolph36 min
Jun 8, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway62 min
Jun 8, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward, Randolph28 min
Jun 8, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Saline33 min
Jun 8, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward51 min
Jun 8, 3:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHoward, Saline6 hr
Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery36 min
Jun 8, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard39 min
Jun 8, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward52 min
Jun 8, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Moniteau61 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2764 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
2764 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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
Jun 7, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLyon, Sioux7 hr
Jun 7, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Audubon, Cass, Cherokee, Crawford, Fremont and 11 more5 hr
Jun 8, 8:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold and 1 more65 min
Jun 8, 9:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson and 11 more28 min
Jun 8, 11:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee and 4 more29 min
Jun 8, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDes Moines, Henry, Lee5 hr
Jun 8, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Guthrie and 8 more4 hr
Jun 8, 1:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Buchanan and 38 more27 min
Jun 8, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 30 more8 hr
Jun 8, 1:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Lincoln, Pike, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 1 more23 min
Jun 8, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln and 8 more7 hr
Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 29 more60 min
Jun 8, 4:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln and 6 more2 hr
Jun 8, 6:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Boone, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Cole, Crawford and 24 more83 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.