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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 27, 20004 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2000, 2:37 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 53 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, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2000, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Richland 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.

886 
WUUS53 KILX 270738
SVRSPI
ILC025-033-079-159-270830-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
237 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 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
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF HUTSONVILLE TO OBLONG TO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLORA...MOVING EAST 
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WILLOW HILL
  SAILOR SPRINGS
  FLORA
  EATON
  STE. MARIE
  OBLONG
  WEST LIBERTY
  CLAY CITY

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 3922 8760 3900 8803 3859 8865 3862 8810
          3896 8784 3921 8700

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, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas, Edgar46 min
May 27, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland47 min
May 27, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark35 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.