Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2000, 8:11 PM CDT for Coles County, Cumberland County, Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 64 min. 3 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
- Aug 2, 2000, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2000, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 8:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, IL | Numerous reports of tree limbs blown down countywide. |
| Aug 2, 8:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Altamont, IL | Several power lines were blown down in Altamont and Effingham, mainly due to fallen tree limbs. |
| Aug 2, 8:38 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon, IL | A large tree was blown down, blocking a road just north of Bourbon. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 304 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
- 201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KILX 030113
SVRSPI
ILC029-035-041-049-030215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
811 PM CDT WED AUG 2 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 13 MILES WEST OF TUSCOLA TO
BEECHER CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ARCOLA
HUMBOLDT
MATTOON
TUSCOLA
EFFINGHAM
LERNA
WATSON
MONTROSE
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 3990 8846 3921 8848 3920 8880 3900 8877
3899 8846 3919 8836 3924 8805 3982 8798
FRIEDERS
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Jasper | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 3 min |
| Aug 2, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 46 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.