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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 9, 2001Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 9, 2001, 9:14 AM CST for Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2001, 9:14 AM CST (15:14 UTC)
Expired
Feb 9, 2001, 10:15 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 9, 10:00 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 EShelbyville, IL3 ft by 10 ft sign on telephone pole blown down by high winds.
Feb 9, 10:10 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 ESullivan, ILLarge tree fell on railroad tracks across from Route 121 due to high winds.

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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2001-02-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2001-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 455 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KILX 091519
SVRSPI
ILC139-147-173-091615-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
914 AM CST FRI FEB 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  PIATT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MOULTRIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1015 AM CST

* AT 914 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 26 MILES NORTH OF MONTICELLO
  TO NEAR TAYLORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. AROUND 900 AM CST 60  
  MPH WINDS WAS REPORTED IN CHESTNUT WITH THESE STORMS.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTICELLO
  BEMENT
  BETHANY
  WESTERVELT
  HAMMOND
  SHELBYVILLE

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 
MPH...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 4008 8862 3935 j8898 3925 8851 4015 8852

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 8:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Sangamon61 min
Feb 9, 8:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan55 min
Feb 9, 8:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean65 min
Feb 9, 9:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt61 min
Feb 9, 11:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland60 min
Feb 9, 12:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXCumberland4 hr
Feb 9, 12:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXEffingham4 hr
Feb 9, 1:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXClark, Coles, Edgar4 hr
Feb 9, 3:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXCumberland2 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.