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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 9, 2000Cumberland County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 3:04 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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 9, 2000, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cumberland County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 9, 3:20 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton, IL	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in Newton.
May 9, 3:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenup, IL	Several power lines were blown down in 5 miles northeast of Greenup.

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
May 9, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -353 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -452 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -893 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 092005
SVRSPI
ILC035-049-079-092100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
304 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WATSON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  EFFINGHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WATSON
  EFFINGHAM
  TEUTOPOLIS
  DIETERICH
  WHEELER
  BOGOTA
  MONTROSE
  NEWTON

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 3903 8871 3890 8854 3891 8798 3938 8805
          3933 8841

HEDGES
NNNN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 9, 2:50 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:50 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
250 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2000

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDS
FROM PEORIA TO ST LOUIS. SURFACE WAVE WEST OF PEORIA WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHERN INDIANA...PUSHING THE COLD FRONT OUT OF THE AREA THIS
EVENING. SOME WRAP-AROUND SHOWERS WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO THE
EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ZONES.

WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT LOOK QUIET AS RIDGE AT THE SURFACE AND
ALOFT APPROACHES. NEXT WEST COAST SYSTEM WILL INDUCE CYCLOGENESIS
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THURSDAY...SETTING UP A STRONG WARM
ADVECTION ZONE FROM MISSOURI INTO IOWA AND ILLINOIS. ASSOCIATED WARM
FRONT WILL BE OVER THE AREA AND MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING AS WELL.
WILL THEREFORE PUT IN CHANCE POPS FOR THURSDAY. COLD FRONT WILL SAG
INTO ILLINOIS FRIDAY...THEN INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING AREA-WIDE FRIDAY AND OVER THE
SOUTHEAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.    ..04..

SPI AB 050/072 055/082 062 04+00
PIA AB 048/070 052/080 060 04+00
DEC AB 050/072 055/082 062 04+00
CMI AB 051/070 054/079 060 04+10
MTO AB 051/070 054/079 060 04+10
LWV AB 052/074 059/084 064 04+10

.ILX...
IL...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 9, 11:04 AM CDT, 4 hours before

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-101100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1104 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2000

A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM WESTERN ILLINOIS INTO MISSOURI WILL
PROGRESS ONLY SLOWLY EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE DEPARTING THE
STATE TONIGHT. AN UNSTABLE AND MOIST AIRMASS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF
OF THE STATE WILL INTERACT WITH THE FRONT TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL BE CONFINED
TO LOCATIONS EAST OF INTERSTATE 55.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE...MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 57...THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THESE AREAS.

PLAHMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	47 min
May 8, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria	65 min
May 8, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Stark	65 min
May 8, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	60 min
May 8, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	55 min
May 8, 10:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Tazewell	43 min
May 8, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Woodford	64 min
May 8, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard	61 min
May 8, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell	50 min
May 8, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt	63 min
May 8, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon	57 min
May 8, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Piatt	67 min
May 9, 1:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Scott	46 min
May 9, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan	48 min
May 9, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	53 min
May 9, 3:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Moultrie, Shelby	50 min
May 9, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	55 min
May 9, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	39 min
May 9, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	63 min
May 9, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	46 min
May 9, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	43 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.