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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1999, 1:30 AM CDT for Champaign County, Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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
- Apr 21, 1999, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1999, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Champaign County, IL, Douglas County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Apr 20, 2:00 PM CDT, 11 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 2:00 PM CDT, 11 hours 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 42 min |
| Apr 21, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 37 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.