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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 8, 2000Mason County, Tazewell County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2000, 9:50 PM CDT for Mason County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2000, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2000, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mason County, IL, Tazewell County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10:12 PM CDTTornado F1Parkland, ILA tornado briefly touched down 1.5 miles west of Parkland on a farm. It destroyed 4 large grain bins and blew a machine shed 100 yards from where it had been. A garage nearby sustained minor damage with siding and a door blown off. No injuries were reported
May 8, 10:20 PM CDTHail 1Green Vly, 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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2720 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
2720 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 090251
SVRSPI
ILC125-179-090345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 950 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF MANITO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
  35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GREEN VALLEY
  MANITO
  SOUTH PEKIN

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.

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox47 min
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, 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.