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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 14, 2000Clark County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 2:58 PM CDT for Clark County, Illinois. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 14, 2000, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clark County, IL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-14Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 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
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.

000 
WUUS53 KILX 141958
SVRSPI
ILC023-142100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
  MARSHALL TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROBINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST 
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARTINSVILLE
  CLARKSVILLE
  MARSHALL
  WEST UNION
  DENNISON

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 NATIONATL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 3949 8799 3919 8793 3919 8768 3948 8756

GOETSCH

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox53 min
Jun 13, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler47 min
Jun 14, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian58 min
Jun 14, 12:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon, Sangamon57 min
Jun 14, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean63 min
Jun 14, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford46 min
Jun 14, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby54 min
Jun 14, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt60 min
Jun 14, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie65 min
Jun 14, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham56 min
Jun 14, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign62 min
Jun 14, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Douglas70 min
Jun 14, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay57 min
Jun 14, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXJasper, Richland62 min
Jun 14, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar, Vermilion70 min
Jun 14, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford, Lawrence56 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.