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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 19, 2000Fulton County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2000, 9:39 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 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
Apr 19, 2000, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Fulton County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2000-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2000-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 334 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
489 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 200240
SVRSPI
ILC057-200330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
939 PM CDT WED APR 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 939 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ASTORIA
  VERMONT
  IPAVA
  CANTON
  CUBA
  LEWISTOWN
  ST. DAVID

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.

LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL ACCOMPANY THIS DANGEROUS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE
HOMES IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 4021 9046 4022 9045 4020 9021 4054 8989U
          4074 9016 4066 9045

KMH
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Schuyler54 min
Apr 19, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan54 min
Apr 19, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria51 min
Apr 19, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason50 min
Apr 20, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox41 min
Apr 20, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStark42 min
Apr 20, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler56 min
Apr 20, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXScott56 min
Apr 20, 4:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox49 min
Apr 20, 5:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason54 min
Apr 20, 5:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard, Sangamon54 min
Apr 20, 5:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStark27 min
Apr 20, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Peoria, Tazewell43 min
Apr 20, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Woodford43 min
Apr 20, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean43 min
Apr 20, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Macon47 min
Apr 20, 7:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon42 min
Apr 20, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon48 min
Apr 20, 8:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan44 min
Apr 20, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, McLean53 min
Apr 20, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian40 min
Apr 20, 9:06 AM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon39 min
Apr 20, 9:30 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean60 min
Apr 20, 9:33 AM CDTTornado WarningILXPiatt42 min
Apr 20, 9:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby56 min
Apr 20, 9:45 AM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt30 min
Apr 20, 10:04 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign56 min
Apr 20, 10:23 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby52 min
Apr 20, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Effingham51 min
Apr 20, 10:47 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas58 min
Apr 20, 10:51 AM CDTTornado WarningILXColes39 min
Apr 20, 11:11 AM CDTTornado WarningILXCumberland49 min
Apr 20, 11:27 AM CDTTornado WarningILXJasper48 min
Apr 20, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WarningILXClark50 min
Apr 20, 11:58 AM CDTTornado WarningILXEdgar32 min
Apr 20, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence, Richland38 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.