Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Aug 30, 2001, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)

Expired

Aug 30, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Macon County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS53 KILX 302323
SVRSPI
ILC115-310000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
622 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MOUNT ZION AND DECATUR AREA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DECATUR
  MOUNT ZION
  OREANA
  ARGENTA

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 3987 8900 3969 8889 3968 8884 3980 8877
          4007 8880
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FRIEDERS

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NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 30, 2:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
257 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001

TRWS POPPING UP ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS FROM JUST E
OF CMI SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD ST. LOUIS. MSAS ALSO SHOWS NICE AXIS OF
INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IN THIS AREA.

AFTER THIS FIRST ROUND OF PCPN...WILL SEE MORE ASSOCIATED WITH
ACTUAL COLD FRONT. AS OF 19Z...CF EXTENDED FROM LS THRU C WI THEN
INTO ERN IA AND NWRN MO. ACTIVITY HAS FIRED IN SRN IA WESTWARD INTO
NWRN MO WITH SPC ISSUING A WATCH FOR THIS AREA. THESE RWS/TRWS WILL
BEGIN TO MOVE INTO WRN CWA BY 00Z. AS FOR TEMPS TONIGHT...SHOULD
REMAIN RATHER MILD WITH TEMPS IN THE 60S.

BY FRIDAY...CF WILL LINGER OVER OUR SERN COUNTIES...SO WILL KEEP
CHANCE POPS IN THIS AREA AS WELL AS OUR ERN ZONES. AS FOR REST OF
CWA...DRY AND COOLER CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL WITH HIGH TEMPS ONLY
AROUND 80.

RIDGE BUILDS IN BY FRIDAY NIGHT. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...
TEMPS SHOULD DROP INTO THE 50S...RATHER COOL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

PLEASANT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND...AS S/W THAT THREATENS AREA ON SUNDAY WEAKENS WITH SFC
RIDGE HOLDING ON...SO NO PCPN ON SUNDAY.

DRY WX WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY. HOWEVER BY WEDNESDAY...STRONGER
S/W AND DEVELOPING WF BOUNDARY WILL MOVE N INTO IL...BRINGING IN A
CHANCE FOR RWS AND TRWS WED AND THU.

...PRELIMINARY CCF FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY...

SPI BA 063/081 053/077 054 68+20
PIA BA 061/080 051/075 053 68+20
DEC BA 063/081 053/076 053 68+20
CMI BA 064/081 052/076 052 68+30
MTO BA 063/083 054/078 052 68+40
LWV EA 065/084 056/079 053 68641

.ILX...NONE.

BYRD

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.