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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 29, 2000, 9:35 PM CST for Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 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
- Feb 29, 2000, 9:35 PM CST (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2000, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Morgan County, IL, Scott County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 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 010337
SVRSPI
ILC017-137-169-171-010415-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
935 PM CST TUE FEB 29 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
CASS COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 1015 PM CST
* AT 935 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
RUSHVILLE TO 10 MILES WEST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BEARDSTOWN
JACKSONVILLE
RUSHVILLE
BLUFFS
CHAPIN
MEREDOSIA
VIRGINIA
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DAMAGING HAIL...FREQUENTLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. TAKE
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 4013 9076 3981 9070 3953 9069 3964 9002
3991 9003 4008 9030 4020 9034
CHURCHILL
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 46 min |
| Feb 29, 9:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 40 min |
| Feb 29, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 47 min |
| Feb 29, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 40 min |
| Feb 29, 10:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 41 min |
| Feb 29, 11:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.