Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 330, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 9:02 PM CDT for Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 11, 2000, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Randolph County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 9:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Baldwin, IL | Emergency management reported trees down blocking a road near Baldwin. |
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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
773 WUUS53 KLSX 120202 SVRSTL ILC157-120245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 902 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BALDWIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH... SPARTA TILDEN COULTERVILLE STEELEVILLE PERCY 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 3823 8995 3806 8995 3793 8962 3822 8960 RP/EL
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.