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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 20, 2000Champaign County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2000, 9:54 PM CDT for Champaign County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2000, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Champaign County, IL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 2000-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 831 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 2000-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 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
831 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
15.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 210257
TORSPI
ILC019-210330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
954 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 954 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...EXTENDING 
  FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GIFFORD TO 7 MILES NORTH OF OGDEN TO 
  8 MILES SOUTH OF PHILO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. BRIEF TORNADOES 
  CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
  WITH THIS STORM NEAR RANTOUL.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO BE
  NEAR...
  SAVOY
  URBANA
  GIFFORD
  PHILO
  ST. JOSEPH
  SIDNEY
  OGDEN
  HOMER

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. DAMAGING HIGH WINDS ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS SYSTEM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LEAVE VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES. ACT NOW TO
SAVE YOUR LIFE!

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO
SEE. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME. INSTEAD...TAKE COVER
IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOUR
REPORT COUL1D HELP SAVE LIVES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 4040 8795 4006 8826 3989 8826 3989 8796

AUTEN

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton64 min
Jun 20, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon57 min
Jun 20, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Macon67 min
Jun 20, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason, Tazewell62 min
Jun 20, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria62 min
Jun 20, 7:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXLogan3 hr
Jun 20, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler60 min
Jun 20, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXScott60 min
Jun 20, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Woodford54 min
Jun 20, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon62 min
Jun 20, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan62 min
Jun 20, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt61 min
Jun 20, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Piatt43 min
Jun 20, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby43 min
Jun 20, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign45 min
Jun 20, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign50 min
Jun 20, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie61 min
Jun 20, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion66 min
Jun 20, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Shelby67 min
Jun 20, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Moultrie58 min
Jun 20, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Effingham55 min
Jun 20, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland, Jasper62 min
Jun 21, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark60 min
Jun 21, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford68 min
Jun 21, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Richland65 min
Jun 21, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence67 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.