Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 2:20 PM CDT for Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 70 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, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2000, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 70 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 59 M | Danville, IL | Several large trees were blown down around town. |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KILX 141921 SVRSPI ILC045-183-142030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 220 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES EAST OF PAXTON TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RANKIN ALLERTON FITHIAN KANSAS BROCTON POTOMAC PARIS DANVILLE 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 4049 8795 3950 8796 3949 8755 4049 8754 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, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 65 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, 2:58 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.