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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Lincoln, IL

October 4, 2000Clark County, Crawford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 2000, 4:46 PM CDT for Clark County, Crawford County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 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
Oct 4, 2000, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2000, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 12:00Z on 2000-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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 042147
SVRSPI
ILC023-033-042245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
446 PM CDT WED OCT 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 12 MILES EAST OF TOLEDO TO 8
  MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OBLONG
  MARTINSVILLE
  ANNAPOLIS
  EATON
  ROBINSON
  WEST UNION
  MARSHALL
  HUTSONVILLE

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 3941 8804 3917 8797 3898 8795 3898 8757
          3918 8762 3943 8754

HEDGES

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox47 min
Oct 3, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Stark46 min
Oct 3, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall42 min
Oct 3, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox35 min
Oct 4, 9:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay35 min
Oct 4, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland, Jasper29 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.