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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2000, 9:30 AM CDT for Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2000, 9:30 AM CDT (14:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2000, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jasper County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 9:45 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Newton, 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KILX 071432 SVRSPI ILC049-079-071530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 930 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1030 AM CDT * AT 930 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF WATSON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EFFINGHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEWTON LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 3904 8876 3892 8860 39D00 8801 3913 8816 EH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 9:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 65 min |
| Apr 7, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 55 min |
| Apr 7, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Jasper | 60 min |
| Apr 7, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Richland | 63 min |
| Apr 7, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 59 min |
| Apr 7, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 60 min |
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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.