Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 10:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Shelbyville, IL | 3 ft by 10 ft sign on telephone pole blown down by high winds. |
| Feb 9, 10:10 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Sullivan, IL | Large 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.
- 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.
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 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, 8:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 55 min |
| Feb 9, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 65 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.