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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2000, 9:25 PM CDT for Douglas County, Moultrie County, Illinois. It was in force for 65 min. 6 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 26, 2000, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Douglas County, IL, Moultrie County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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 26, 9:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrett, IL | Widespread crop and tree damage extends from Atwood south to 4.5 miles south southeast of Arthur. |
| Aug 26, 9:37 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington, IL | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees, tree limbs, and corn crops in a swath from the northeastern part of the county to Arthur. |
| Aug 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Cadwell, IL | One inch hail was reported in Arthur on both sides of the Moultrie/Douglas county line. |
| Aug 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Arthur, IL | One inch hail was reported in Arthur on both sides of the Moultrie/Douglas county line. |
| Aug 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Cadwell, IL | Golfball sized hail was reported in Arthur on both sides of the Moultrie/Douglas county line with a second storm that moved through the area. |
| Aug 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Arthur, IL | Golfball sized hail was reported in Arthur on both sides of the Moultrie/Douglas county line with a second storm that moved through the area. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.
174
WUUS53 KILX 270225
SVRSPI
ILC041-139-270330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
925 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
MOULTRIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ATWOOD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF
MONTICELLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ATWOOD
LOVINGTON
ARTHUR
TUSCOLA
SULLIVAN
CAMARGO
ARCOLA
HINDSBORO
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 3988 8846 3980 8846 3979 8864 3958 8864
3959 8849 3967 8849 3967 8806 3987 8820
AUTEN
NNNNThe 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, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 46 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, 9:45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.