Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2000, 10:38 PM CST for Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 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
- Mar 8, 2000, 10:38 PM CST (04:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2000, 11:15 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:45 PM CST | Hail 1 | St Joseph, IL | |
| Mar 8, 10:55 PM CST | Hail 1 | Potomac, 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 974 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 10.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
084 WUUS53 KILX 090438 SVRSPI ILC019-183-090515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1038 PM CST WED MAR 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1115 PM CST * AT 1038 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF URBANA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HOOPESTON OGDEN POTOMAC ROSSVILLE SIDNEY ST. JOSEPH 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 4009 8818 3999 8807 4043 8733 4060 8751 PLAHMER NNNN
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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.