Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2000, 8:05 PM CDT for Clay County, Jasper County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2000, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Clay County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Richland County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 505 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
285 WUUS53 KILX 270107 SVRSPI ILC025-079-159-270145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 805 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF FLORA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LOUISVILLE FLORA CLAY CITY SAILOR SPRINGS INGAHAM NOBLE OLNEY WEST LIBERTY 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 3883 8857 3866 8852 3871 8804 3893 8810 NNNN SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 63 min |
| May 26, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 63 min |
| May 26, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 45 min |
| May 26, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 45 min |
| May 27, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 50 min |
| May 27, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 61 min |
| May 27, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 61 min |
| May 27, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 46 min |
| May 27, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 47 min |
| May 27, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 35 min |
| May 27, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Richland | 53 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.