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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 23, 2000Fulton County, Knox County, Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 4:31 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 min. 2 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, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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, 5:05 PM CDTThunderstorm WindCanton, ILSeveral trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
Jun 23, 5:15 PM CDTThunderstorm WindRushville, ILSeveral large trees were blown down. One tree fell across Illinois Route 24.

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
Jun 23, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2000-06-23Temperature 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2000-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
2264 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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.

850 
WUUS53 KILX 232134
SVRSPI
ILC057-095-169-232230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF 
  MONMOUTH TO 15 MILES NORTH OF MACOMB TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF 
  CARTHAGE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ABINGDON
  AVON
  BROOKLYN
  LONDON MILLS
  MAQUON
  LITTLETON
  FAIRVIEW
  RUSHVILLE
  CANTON
  LEWISTOWN
  ASTORIA
  
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 4086 9065 4069 9078 4017 9132 4008 9042
          4022 9017 4054 8989 4065 9000 4086 9000

AUTEN

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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, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell, Woodford53 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.