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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2000, 6:16 PM CDT for Menard County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 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 20, 2000, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2000, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Menard County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Petersburg, IL | Numerous large tree limbs 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 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
765 WUUS53 KILX 202317 SVRSPI ILC129-210015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 616 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TALLULA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF VIRGINIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TALLULA PETERSBURG ATHENS GREENVIEW 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 4013 8999 3988 9000 3998 8959 4015 8962 AUTEN NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Scott | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 67 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.