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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 18, 2000Moultrie County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2000, 10:35 AM CDT for Moultrie County, Illinois. It was in force for 55 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 2000, 10:35 AM CDT (15:35 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2000, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Moultrie County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 10:37 AM CDTHail 0.75Champaign Urbana Arp, IL
May 18, 10:50 AM CDTHail 2.75Sadorus, IL
May 18, 10:50 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ESadorus, IL
May 18, 11:38 AM CDTHail 2.75Champaign, IL

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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 28 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 557 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 328 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1218 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KILX 181537
SVRSPI
ILC019-041-139-147-181630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1035 AM CDT THU MAY 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  PIATT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MOULTRIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1035 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEDNING FROM NEAR CHAMPAIGN...TO 
  JUST SOUTH OF CERRO GORDO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAMMOND
  BEMENT
  ATWOOD
  TUSCOLA
  PESOTUM
  TOLONO
  CAMARGO
  SAVOY
  CHAMPAIGN/URBANA

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DAMAGING HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. TAKE
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 3994 8870 3975 8871 3977 8797 4032 8794

HEDGES

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 9:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign53 min
May 18, 10:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion43 min
May 18, 10:17 AM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion28 min
May 18, 10:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Piatt55 min
May 18, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion60 min
May 18, 10:58 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas47 min
May 18, 11:15 AM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion45 min
May 18, 11:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign40 min
May 18, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion49 min
May 18, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Stark45 min
May 18, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall42 min
May 18, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall37 min
May 18, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria44 min
May 18, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford47 min
May 18, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall24 min
May 18, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford42 min
May 18, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell47 min
May 18, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall45 min
May 18, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, McLean62 min
May 18, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Woodford49 min
May 18, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean68 min
May 18, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.