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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2000, 9:05 AM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 20, 2000, 9:05 AM CDT (14:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2000, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Christian County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 9:05 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Morrisonville, IL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KILX 201406 SVRSPI ILC021-201445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 905 AM CDT THU APR 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 945 AM CDT * AT 905 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MORRISONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MORRISONVILLE KINCAID TAYLORVILLE STONINGTON LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH 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 3947 8955 3935 8948 3959 8903 3977 8924 BYRD NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Scott | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 5:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 27 min |
| Apr 20, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Peoria, Tazewell | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 7:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 9:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Piatt | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 9:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 9:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 10:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 10:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 10:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 58 min |
| Apr 20, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 11:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 11:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 11:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 38 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.