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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 8, 2000Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2000, 8:58 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 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
May 8, 2000, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 9:15 PM CDTHail 0.75Avon, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 8, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 609 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
609 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
12.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KILX 090159
SVRSPI
ILC057-095-090245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
858 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 858 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABINGDON...MOVING EAST AT
  45 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS NOTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF CUBA. THIS
  STORM MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AVON
  ABINGDON
  LONDON MILLS
  FAIRVIEW
  KNOXVILLE
  GILSON
  MAQUON
  FARMINGTON

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 THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 4080 9052 4063 9045 4038 9044 4061 8999
          4111 9000

CHURCHILL
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria65 min
May 8, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Stark65 min
May 8, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton60 min
May 8, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason, Tazewell55 min
May 8, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell43 min
May 8, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford64 min
May 8, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard61 min
May 8, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell50 min
May 8, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt63 min
May 8, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon57 min
May 8, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt67 min
May 9, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXScott46 min
May 9, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan48 min
May 9, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon53 min
May 9, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby50 min
May 9, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay55 min
May 9, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion39 min
May 9, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland, Effingham, Jasper56 min
May 9, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar63 min
May 9, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion46 min
May 9, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.