Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2001, 4:26 PM CDT for Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 64 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 8, 2001, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2001, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Coles County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Mattoon, IL | Numerous trees were blown down in the Mattoon, Fairgrange, and Charleston areas. Also, one mile south of Mattoon a 25 foot ham radio tower was blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1832 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KILX 082128 SVRSPI ILC029-082230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 426 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MATTOON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COOKS MILL HUMBOLDT MATTOON RARDIN OAKLAND LERNA CHARLESTON THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... DAMAGING HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 3965 8848 3939 8847 3939 8803 3966 8797 FRIEDERS NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 71 min |
| Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Jasper | 75 min |
| Jul 8, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 68 min |
| Jul 8, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 32 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.