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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 802

September 19, 200513 counties in Illinois; 15 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 19, 2005, 5:50 PM CDT for 13 counties in Illinois; 15 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2005, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Calhoun County, IL, Christian County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard, Sangamon66 min
Sep 19, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway72 min
Sep 19, 6:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone114 min
Sep 19, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole52 min
Sep 19, 6:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery3 hr
Sep 19, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage30 min
Sep 19, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCallaway28 min
Sep 19, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin47 min
Sep 19, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery46 min
Sep 19, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade26 min
Sep 19, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian47 min
Sep 19, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Warren45 min
Sep 19, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles49 min
Sep 19, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis47 min
Sep 19, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone45 min
Sep 19, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison45 min
Sep 19, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole8 min
Sep 19, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage45 min
Sep 19, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries48 min
Sep 19, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon34 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2005-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 357 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2005-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 433 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
357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
433 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
545 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 8:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Schuyler and 1 more62 min
Sep 19, 1:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Carroll, Cass, Christian, Coles, DeWitt and 30 more86 min
Sep 19, 11:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 13 more86 min
Sep 19, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 11 more5 hr
Sep 19, 3:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, DeWitt, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee and 6 more88 min
Sep 19, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChampaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford and 9 more6 hr
Sep 19, 3:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, Fulton, Hancock and 14 more87 min
Sep 19, 5:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Christian, Clinton, Effingham, Fayette and 11 more55 min
Sep 19, 5:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford and 16 more96 min
Sep 18, 10:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPutnam, Worth60 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.