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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 29, 2000Fulton County, Knox County, Peoria County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 29, 2000, 8:29 PM CST for Fulton County, Knox County, Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 29, 2000, 8:29 PM CST (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Feb 29, 2000, 9:15 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Peoria County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 00:00Z on 2000-03-01Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 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 010231
SVRSPI
ILC057-095-143-010315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
829 PM CST TUE FEB 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CST

* AT 829 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF FARMINGTON TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CANTON
  FARMINGTON
  PEORIA
  WEST PEORIA
  BELLEVUE
  BRIMFIELD
  DUNLAP
  ELMWOOD

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
LARGE HAIL...FREQUENTLY 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.

CHURCHILL

LAT...LON 4096 9010 4070 9009 4044 90<16 4072 8958
          4096 8956 4097 8973

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 29, 7:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox32 min
Feb 29, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott40 min
Feb 29, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Schuyler40 min
Feb 29, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason47 min
Feb 29, 10:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard, Sangamon40 min
Feb 29, 10:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan41 min
Feb 29, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, McLean48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.