Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Jul 8, 2001, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)

Expired

Jul 8, 2001, 3:30 PM CDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Woodford County, 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.

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ILC203-082030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
232 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WASHBURN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MINONK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MINONK
  WOODFORD
  EL PASO

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. GO TO 
A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY 
BUILDING. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED 
AREA.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. STAY TUNEDx FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 4092 8942 4080 8938 4075 8895 4092 8894

FRIEDERS

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NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 8, 10:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1025 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 2001

WILL UPDATE FOR TEMP TRENDS IN FAR SE...OTHERWISE HAVE ALREADY
UPDATED FCST TO REFLECT RADAR TRENDS THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR FOR FUTURE UPDATES.

SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS BOUNDARY HAS SLIPPED SOUTH TO POSITION NEAR
DVN-DNV. CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ALONG BOUNDARY IN A NARROW
BAND. MOSTLY JUST HEAVY RAINERS AT THIS POINT. WILL BE WATCHING
CONVECTION ACROSS IA FOR TRENDS SE ALONG BOUNDARY TOWARD CENT IL.
CAP WEAKER TODAY AND SFC BOUNDARY CLOSE BY AND STRONG
INSTABILITY...SO POTENTIAL FOR STORMS IS MUCH BETTER ACROSS AREA
TODAY.

TEMPS CONT TO RESPOND IN WARM SECTOR WITH LWR/MID 80S ALREADY. 91
ALREADY AT 10 AM AT LWV...AND SO WILL RAISE THE MID 90S.

.ILX...HEAT ADVISORY TODAY ENTIRE CWA.

FRIEDERS

In the hours before

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-081800-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1115 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 2001

THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS
ALREADY BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 6 PM.

A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL INTERACT WITH A FRONT MOVING INTO
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.
AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

FRIEDERS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.