Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches in 2005

Tornado Watch 399

June 4, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 4, 2005, 10:45 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2005, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 74 counties

Benton County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Washington County, AR, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Clay County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Polk County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes63 min
Jun 4, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg63 min
Jun 4, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love41 min
Jun 4, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka39 min
Jun 4, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes36 min
Jun 4, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware66 min
Jun 4, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington58 min
Jun 4, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Marshall43 min
Jun 4, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald60 min
Jun 4, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pushmataha64 min
Jun 5, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Newton61 min
Jun 5, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian62 min
Jun 5, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore56 min
Jun 5, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington33 min
Jun 5, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone48 min
Jun 5, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha53 min
Jun 5, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw36 min
Jun 5, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis42 min
Jun 5, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan39 min
Jun 5, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau29 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1867 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1867 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.6

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton96 min
Jun 4, 10:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton52 min
Jun 4, 11:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Conway, Fulton, Izard, Johnson and 6 more63 min
Jun 5, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Garland and 14 more5 hr
Jun 5, 3:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring and 13 more88 min
Jun 4, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 5 more2 hr
Jun 4, 9:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 9 more87 min
Jun 4, 7:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe and 4 more2 hr
Jun 4, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe and 4 more8 hr
Jun 4, 10:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audrain, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln and 7 more90 min
Jun 5, 12:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike and 3 more95 min
Jun 4, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLove4 hr
Jun 5, 4:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cotton, Jefferson, Love, Stephens93 min
Jun 5, 3:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 11 more85 min
Jun 5, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 10 more7 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.