Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

May 8, 2000, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 2000, 10:45 PM CDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Marshall County, IL, Stark County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS53 KILX 090240
SVRSPI
ILC123-175-090345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  STARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 939 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARLAND...OR ABOUT 15
  MILES NORTH OF PEORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPARLAND
  LACON

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS DANGEROUS
STORM. GO TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. 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.

NNNN

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 8, 2:40 PM CDT, 7 hours earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
240 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2000

COLD FRONT MAKING SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS OVER EASTERN IOWA WITH
CONVECTION FIRING UP ALONG IT. 18Z SOUNDING STILL SHOWS FORMIDABLE
CAP OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SO EXPECT MOST OF THE CONVECTION TO BE
RESTRICTED TO THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS
CENTRAL AND WEST WITH CHANCE POPS IN THE EAST.

STRONG SHORTWAVE INDICATED ON WATER VAPOR LOOPS MOVING ACROSS NEW
MEXICO WILL INDUCE CYCLOGENESIS ALONG THE SOUTHERN TAIL OF THE COLD
FRONT LATER THIS EVENING. THIS LOW WILL TRAVEL NORTHEAST ALONG THE
FRONT AND CAUSE IT TO SLOW DOWN AS IT APPROACHES THE CWA. POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR HEAVY RAIN EVENT ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE LOW TRACK...
WHICH APPEARS TO BE FROM RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON.

MODELS NOW AGREE ON PUSHING THE FRONT WELL PAST THE AREA TUESDAY
NIGHT DUE TO THE STRONGER-THAN-EXPECTED SURFACE WAVE. THEREFORE WILL
REMOVE POPS FROM WEDNESDAY.   ..04..

SPI TB 065/070 055/074 056 04++7
PIA TB 062/069 052/071 054 04++6
DEC TB 065/070 055/074 056 04++7
CMI TB 068/074 056/073 056 044+7
MTO TB O68/074 056/073 056 044+7
LWV TB 069/082 058/080 !058 04367

.ILX...
IL...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.