Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Oct 24, 2001, 12:34 PM CDT (17:34 UTC)

Expired

Oct 24, 2001, 1:00 PM CDT

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Logan County, IL, Tazewell County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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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WUUS53 KILX 241736
SVRSPI
ILC107-179-241800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1234 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES WEST OF PEKIN TO 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MIDDLETOWN...OR FROM 6 MILES WEST OF PEKIN TO 15 MILES
  NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TREMONT
  HARTSBURG
  EMDEN
  MORTON
  MACKINAW
  HOPEDALE
  MINIER
  LINCOLN

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES AT ANY TIME.

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.

$$
FISHER



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NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 24, 10:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1041 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2001

WILL UPDATE ZONES AFTER 11 AM...MAKING TIMING ADJUSTMENTS TO PCPN.
ALSO...WILL NEED TO ADJUST SKY COVER AND TEMPS IN MOST LOCATIONS AS
FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS ALREADY THRU WRN PTNS OF CWA FROM PIA TO
JACKSONVILLE.

.ILX...NONE.

BYRD

In the hours before

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-241800-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1124 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2001

...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES
OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON...

A STRONG COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF CHICAGO
TO WEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO ST LOUIS...IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS
CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID AIR WAS
PREVALENT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. AS THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY PLOWS INTO THE WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS...THUNDERSTORMS
WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...THIS AFTERNOON.

THE PRIMARY THREAT TIME APPEARS TO BE FROM NOW UNTIL 600 PM THIS
EVENING. PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A
BLOOMINGTON TO ST. LOUIS MISSOURI LINE HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR
TORNADOES. AREAS WEST OF THIS LINE MAY SEE LARGE HAIL WITH SOME OF
THE STRONGER STORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS
CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.