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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 16, 2001Clark County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT for Clark County, Illinois. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clark County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 2001-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3005 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2001-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3005 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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 170300
SVRSPI
ILC023-170400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1000 PM CDT WED MAY 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 11 PM CDT

* AT 10 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARSHALL
  LIVINGSTON
  DARWIN
  WEST UNION

LARGE HAIL AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL ACCOMPANY THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE
HOMES IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA.

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 3947 8761 3936 8780 3893 8747 3909 8718

NNNN

KMH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar55 min
May 16, 11:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEdgar3 hr
May 17, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox47 min
May 17, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton41 min
May 17, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox, Peoria45 min
May 17, 7:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham50 min
May 17, 8:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXJasper43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

Sources

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.