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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 14, 2000Moultrie County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 1:25 PM CDT for Moultrie County, Illinois. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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: Jun 14, 2000, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2000, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 65 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 1:50 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan, IL	Several power lines were blown down.

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 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.

613 
WUUS53 KILX 141825
SVRSPI
ILC139-141930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
125 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
  DECATUR TO 12 MILES NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST 
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BETHANY
  LOVINGTON
  SULLIVAN
  ALLENVILLE
  ARTHUR

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 3973 8880 3960 8880 3953 8849 3978 8849
          3979 8872

GOETSCH

NNNN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	53 min
Jun 13, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	47 min
Jun 14, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	58 min
Jun 14, 12:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Sangamon	57 min
Jun 14, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean	63 min
Jun 14, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Woodford	46 min
Jun 14, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	54 min
Jun 14, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Piatt	60 min
Jun 14, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham	56 min
Jun 14, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	62 min
Jun 14, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Douglas	70 min
Jun 14, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	57 min
Jun 14, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Jasper, Richland	62 min
Jun 14, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	70 min
Jun 14, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark	62 min
Jun 14, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	56 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.