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Tornado Watch 119

April 17, 2013Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 40 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 17, 2013, 9:57 PM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 40 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2013, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2013, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 46 counties

Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Shelby County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
40%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
20%
Ten or more severe wind reports
40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
20%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 10:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford10 hr
Apr 18, 1:24 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton36 min
Apr 18, 1:42 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee48 min
Apr 18, 1:58 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton47 min
Apr 18, 2:18 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Dade, Lawrence42 min
Apr 18, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton7 hr
Apr 18, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Polk57 min
Apr 18, 3:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAdams, Brown, Pike12 hr

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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 2013-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1964 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 2013-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
1964 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
9.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 8:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more84 min
Apr 17, 8:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Greene, Jersey, Pike, Scott97 min
Apr 17, 10:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 12 more57 min
Apr 17, 11:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Greene, Morgan, Pike, Scott89 min
Apr 18, 2:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Jersey89 min
Apr 18, 4:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Greene, Jersey, Monroe58 min
Apr 18, 5:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery and 3 more54 min
Apr 18, 5:42 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Clinton, Fayette, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison and 6 more8 hr
Apr 18, 7:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 17 more95 min
Apr 18, 8:31 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCClark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 6 more7 hr
Apr 18, 9:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more8 hr
Apr 18, 11:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion and 4 more2 hr
Apr 18, 12:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more87 min
Apr 18, 2:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Lawrence88 min
Apr 18, 7:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Howell and 9 more2 hr
Apr 17, 8:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal and 41 more84 min
Apr 17, 10:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Comanche and 35 more53 min
Apr 17, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Coal and 28 more7 hr
Apr 18, 4:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMarshall91 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.