Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 9, 2001, 8:35 AM CST for DeWitt County, Logan County, Illinois. It was in force for 55 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
- Feb 9, 2001, 8:35 AM CST (14:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2001, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 9:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Kenney, IL | Large tree limb reported 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 527 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895 WUUS53 KILX 091437 SVRSPI ILC039-107-091530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 835 AM CST FRI FEB 9 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 930 AM CST * AT 835 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LINCOLN TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT PULASKI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CHESTNUT BEASON LINCOLN KENNEY CLINTON WAPELLA 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 4018 8942 3998 8935 4015 8883 4026 8873 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 8:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Sangamon | 61 min |
| Feb 9, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 65 min |
| Feb 9, 9:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 61 min |
| Feb 9, 9:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 61 min |
| Feb 9, 11:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 60 min |
| Feb 9, 12:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 12:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Effingham | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 1:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Edgar | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 2 hr |
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.