Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1997, 2:25 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1997, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1997, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County McLean County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 519 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPI 121927 RRA SVRSPI ILC113-122015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 225 PM CDT THU JUN 12 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY - IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL HEYWORTH LEROY * AT 225 PM CDT LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN TREES AND DAMAGING ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PLAHMER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 12, 2:13 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:13 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 200 PM CDT THU JUN 12 1997 ETA MODEL LOOKS GOOD FOR THE UPR FEATURE MOVG THRU RGN TNGT. MSTR CHNL STLT IMAGERY SHOWS WV MOVG E OVR CNTRL IL A
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-131200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1118 AM CDT THU JUN 12 1997 SOUTH WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO OUR REGION. AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION AND INTERACTS WITH THE UNSTABLE AIR...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON IOWA TO BLOOMINGTON TO LAFAYETTE INDIANA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THESE AREAS. PLAHMER
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-131200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1118 AM CDT THU JUN 12 1997 SOUTH WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO OUR REGION. AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION AND INTERACTS WITH THE UNSTABLE AIR...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON IOWA TO BLOOMINGTON TO LAFAYETTE INDIANA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THESE AREAS. PLAHMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.