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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2000, 7:59 PM CDT for DeWitt 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2000, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County DeWitt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 3339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KILX 270100 SVRSPI ILC039-270145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 759 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF FARMER CITY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLINTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FARMER CITY DE WITT LANE WELDON 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 4028 8865 4028 8900 4006 8883 4022 8864 AUTEN NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 75 min |
| Aug 26, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 57 min |
| Aug 26, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 75 min |
| Aug 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper | 69 min |
| Aug 27, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 24 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.