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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2000, 6:11 PM CDT for Macon County, Moultrie County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2000, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2000, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1064 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1262 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397
WUUS53 KILX 022311 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC115-139-147-030015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
611 PM CDT WED AUG 2 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
PIATT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
MOULTRIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LONG CREEK...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DECATUR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BETHANY
HAMMOND
LOVINGTON
BEMENT
SULLIVAN
ALLENVILLE
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 YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
LAT...LON 3986 8902 3967 8907 3965 8883 3947 8849
3993 8849
AUTEN
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Edgar | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 64 min |
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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.