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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 2, 2000Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2000, 8:37 PM CDT for Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 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, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Jasper County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 348 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 2000-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 201 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KILX 030139
SVRSPI
ILC079-030230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
837 PM CDT WED AUG 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWTON...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WHEELER
  HIDALGO
  NEWTON
  BOGOTA
  WILLOW HILL
  STE. MARIE

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 LCATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 3916 8798 3917 8834 3905 8835 3888 8836
          3887 8797

FRIEDERS

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon57 min
Aug 2, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Piatt, Shelby59 min
Aug 2, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Douglas64 min
Aug 2, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham64 min
Aug 2, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEdgar3 min
Aug 2, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign46 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.