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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1999, 7:26 PM CDT for Knox County, Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1999, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1999, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Knox County, IL, Peoria County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoria, IL | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees in Peoria. One tree crushed a fence and another one broke a street light. Several power lines were knocked down by fallen trees. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 39 min |
| Jul 23, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.