Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

May 8, 2000, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Logan County, IL, Menard County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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 090330
SVRSPI
ILC107-129-090430-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1029 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1029 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDDLETOWN...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDDLETOWN
  ELKHART
  LINCOLN

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 4003 8985 3997 8981 3997 8922 4023 8924

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 49 minutes 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.

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, IL
955 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0915 PM    5 NE AVON                 IL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/08/00   FULTON                         REPORTED BY NWS COOP

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