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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 27, 2000Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2000, 1:44 AM CDT for Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 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 27, 2000, 1:44 AM CDT (06:44 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2000, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

584 
WUUS53 KILX 270645
SVRSPI
ILC029-041-045-270730-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
144 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 144 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 33 MILES NORTH OF
  VILLA GROVE TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWMAN TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  KANSAS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COOKS MILL
  HUMBOLDT
  ARCOLA
  TUSCOLA
  CAMARGO
  VILLA GROVE
  HINDSBORO
  RARDIN

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 3987 8844 3980 8842 3950 8843 3954 8788
          3981 8783 3985 8779

SMITH
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Jasper, Richland40 min
May 26, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott63 min
May 26, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Schuyler63 min
May 26, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott45 min
May 26, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon45 min
May 27, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon50 min
May 27, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon, Moultrie, Piatt61 min
May 27, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Shelby61 min
May 27, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland47 min
May 27, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark35 min
May 27, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Crawford, Jasper, Richland53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.