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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 5, 2000Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2000, 3:14 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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
Jul 5, 2000, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2000, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Schuyler County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 4:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindRushville, ILThunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and power lines in Rushville.

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
Jul 5, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2000-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2000-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 2:30 AM CDT, 12 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:30 AM CDT, 12 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
230 AM CDT WED JUL 5 2000

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH SHORTWAVE THAT SHOULD EXIT THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER ZONE
ISSUANCE. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED SINCE MIDNIGHT OVER
SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS DUE TO LOW LEVEL JET AND
CONVERGENCE TO THE NORTH OF THE OLD STATIONARY FRONT. EXPECT THIS
ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
BUT WITH A DIMINISHING TREND AS THE NOCTURNAL JET WEAKENS. THEREFORE
DO NOT ANTICIPATE ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FIRST PERIOD.

ANOTHER MCS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND ROLL SOUTHEAST ALONG/NORTH OF THE STATIONARY FRONT.
THESE STORMS WILL COME INTO ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT...BUT IT IS
QUESTIONABLE WHETHER THEY WILL MAKE IT THIS FAR EAST BEFORE SUNRISE.
NONETHELESS...WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS OVER THE AREA AS THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER.

THURSDAY LOOKS TO BE FAIRLY RAINY OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS THE
REMNANTS OF THE PLAINS MCS MOVES THROUGH. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS
WEST AND HIGH CHANCE POPS EAST. A FEW LINGERING EVENING STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN THE EAST THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN MODELS CONTINUE THEIR
TREND OF BUILDING THE UPPER RIDGE. THIS SHOULD SHIFT THE MAIN STORM
TRACK TO OUR NORTH.   ..04..

SPI TT 086/072 084/070 088 04+46
PIA TT 084/070 082/0K68 085 04+46
DEC TT 086/072 084/070 088 04+46
CMI TE 085/071 084/070 086 04+34
MTO TE 085/071 084/070 086 04+34
LWV TE 089/074 086/072 089 04+34

.ILX...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-061100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1115 AM CDT WED JUL 5 2000

OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL
ILLINOIS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE INTENSITY. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME
LOCAL FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW AREAS IS A POSSIBILITY
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

PALMER
Local storm report, Jul 5, 1:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, IL
106 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1100 AM    5 E STEWARDSON            IL   FLOOD
07/05/00   SHELBY                         REPORT IS COUNTYWIDE. LOW
                                          LYING AREAS AROUND LITTLE
                                          WABASH RIVER FLOODED. WATER
                                          OVER MANY COUNTY ROADS.
                                          LOCATION APPROXIMATED. FROM
                                          COUNTY ESDA.

1149 AM    EFFINGHAM                 IL   FLOOD
07/05/00   EFFINGHAM                      REPORT IS COUNTYWIDE.
                                          ROUTE 33 EAST OF EFFINGHAM
                                          CLOSED. ROUTE 40 WEST AND
                                          EAST OF EFFINGHAM CLOSED.
                                          WILL LOOSE PAVEMENT 1 MILE
                                          WEST OF EFFINGHAM. ROUTE 45
                                          SOUTH OF EFFINGHAM CLOSED.
                                          COUNTY ROADS COUNTYWIDE
                                          FLOODED. CSX RAILROAD
                                          TRACKS EAST OF EFFINGHAM
                                          CLOSED DUE TO MUDSLIDE. 1
                                          HOME IN TEUTOPOLIS...2
                                          TRAILERS AND 1 APARTMENT
                                          COMPLEX IN DIETERICH WERE
                                          FLOODED. FROM COUNTY ESDA.

1153 AM    NEWTON                    IL   FLOOD
07/05/00   JASPER                         REPORT IS COUNTYWIDE. MANY
                                          COUNTY ROADS FLOODED. 1
                                          VEHICLE IN CREEK AND 3
                                          EVACUATIONS FROM FLOODED
                                          HOMES. FROM COUNTY ESDA.

1201 PM    1 N NOBLE                 IL   FLOOD
07/05/00   RICHLAND                       ROAD COLLAPSED NORTH OF
                                          NOBLE AND VEHICLE STUCK.
                                          NUMEROUS ROADS AND LOW
                                          LYING AREAS THROUGHOUT THE
                                          COUNTY WERE UNDER WATER.
                                          FROM COUNTY ESDA.

GOETSCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 2:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClay, Effingham, Richland3 hr
Jul 5, 4:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEffingham90 min
Jul 5, 7:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEffingham, Jasper2 hr
Jul 5, 8:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClay, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Shelby4 hr
Jul 5, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Mason, Morgan50 min
Jul 5, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton50 min
Jul 5, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXScott50 min
Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Mason, Menard, Sangamon65 min
Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan65 min
Jul 5, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian65 min
Jul 5, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby60 min
Jul 5, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham54 min
Jul 5, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXJasper61 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.