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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 20, 2000Christian County, Macon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2000, 8:13 PM CDT for Christian County, Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 62 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, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2000, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Christian County, IL, Macon County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 8:35 PM CDTThunderstorm WindWarrensburg, ILA large tree and several large limbs were blown down near Illinois State Route 121

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 831 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
831 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
15.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KILX 210114
SVRSPI
ILC021-107-115-210215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
813 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF
  LINCOLN TO 16 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF
  SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNT PULASKI
  CHESTNUT
  NIANTIC
  LATHAM
  MOUNT AUBURN
  EDINBURG
  KINCAID
  WARRENSBURG

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
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 4007 8935 3993 8935 3992 8922 3983 8923
     	     3973 8943 3957 8958 3955 8907 3967 8905
          3971 8883 4006 8875

AUTEN

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton64 min
Jun 20, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon57 min
Jun 20, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Macon67 min
Jun 20, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason, Tazewell62 min
Jun 20, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria62 min
Jun 20, 7:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXLogan3 hr
Jun 20, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler60 min
Jun 20, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXScott60 min
Jun 20, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Woodford54 min
Jun 20, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan62 min
Jun 20, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt61 min
Jun 20, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Piatt43 min
Jun 20, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby43 min
Jun 20, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign45 min
Jun 20, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign50 min
Jun 20, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie61 min
Jun 20, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion66 min
Jun 20, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign36 min
Jun 20, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Shelby67 min
Jun 20, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Moultrie58 min
Jun 20, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Effingham55 min
Jun 20, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland, Jasper62 min
Jun 21, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark60 min
Jun 21, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford68 min
Jun 21, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Richland65 min
Jun 21, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence67 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.