Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 8:59 PM CDT for Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 23, 2000, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 9:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 E | Edwardsville, IL | Local law enforcement reported trees down on the north and east sides of the city. |
| Jun 23, 9:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Collinsville, IL | The Collinsville Police reported a large tree down blocking a street on the east side of town. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 314 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLSX 240200 SVRSTL ILC119-240245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 859 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EDWARDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH... GLEN CARBON MARYVILLE COLLINSVILLE TROY MARINE ST. JACOB HIGHLAND EDWARDSVILLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAT...LON 3899 9028 3867 9014 3868 *8961 3900 8967 RP
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 1:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Madison, Marion, Saint Clair and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Madison, Marion, Saint Clair and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Saint Clair, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton | 23 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
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.