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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 23, 2000Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 4:22 PM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 min. 4 reports 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 23, 2000, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2000, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 4:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Peoria, IL
Jun 23, 4:50 PM CDTThunderstorm WindPeoria Hgts, ILSeveral large trees (1.5 feet in diameter) were blown down in Peoria Heights.
Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDTHail 0.88Spring Bay, IL
Jun 23, 5:25 PM CDTThunderstorm WindPeoria, ILMajor damage to trees throughout the city.

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 23, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2000-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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 232134
SVRSPI
ILC143-179-203-232215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...RETRANSMISSION
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
422 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 422 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH
  OF PEKIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BARTONVILLE
  MARQUETTE HEIGHTS
  CREVE COEUR
  BELLEVUE
  WEST PEORIA
  EAST PEORIA
  PEORIA
  WASHINGTON

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 4064 8973 4056 8960 4076 8918 4098 8956

KH

NNNN

RETRANSMITTED PER MEDIA REQUEST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox66 min
Jun 23, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox, Schuyler59 min
Jun 23, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Woodford56 min
Jun 23, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStark56 min
Jun 23, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason, Tazewell62 min
Jun 23, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass46 min
Jun 23, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean67 min
Jun 23, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason, Menard67 min
Jun 23, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott61 min
Jun 23, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon60 min
Jun 23, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon66 min
Jun 23, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, McLean50 min
Jun 23, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott47 min
Jun 23, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Piatt57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.