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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 23, 2000Douglas County, Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT for Douglas County, Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 23, 7:59 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Newman, IL
Jun 23, 8:01 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Newman, IL	Several power lines were blown down in town.
Jun 23, 8:30 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Paris, IL	A 3 foot diameter tree was snapped off at the ground.

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 23, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 292 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 195 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 240032
SVRSPI
ILC041-045-183-240130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES EAST OF 
  PAXTON TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF 
  DECATUR...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RANKIN
  POTOMAC
  HOOPESTON
  ROSSVILLE
  FITHIAN
  VILLA GROVE
  TUSCOLA
  FAIRMOUNT

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 4050 8795 3988 8793 3988P 8844 3967 8845
          3970 8755 4052 8759

AUTEN

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	45 min
Jun 23, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	49 min
Jun 23, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	56 min
Jun 23, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham	68 min
Jun 23, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Jasper	58 min
Jun 24, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Sangamon	39 min
Jun 24, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	55 min
Jun 24, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Moultrie	67 min
Jun 24, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas	59 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.