Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2000, 9:28 PM CDT for Cook County, DuPage County, Lake County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 11, 2000, 9:28 PM CDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2000, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cook County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Lake County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 9:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 63 M | Waukegan, 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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 7:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
ILZ005>006-012>014-020>022-INZ001>002-120105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 705 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2000 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND ADJACENT NORTHWEST INDIANA EXPIRED AT 700 PM. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND INTO EASTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THIS EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION.< THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST ILLINOIS LATE THIS EVENING. THEY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. N
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ogle, Winnebago | 38 min |
| Sep 11, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee | 38 min |
| Sep 11, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ogle | 10 min |
| Sep 11, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Lee, Ogle | 48 min |
| Sep 11, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kane, McHenry | 48 min |
| Sep 11, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Will | 62 min |
| Sep 11, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston | 55 min |
| Sep 11, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston | 61 min |
| Sep 12, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Newton | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.