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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 22, 2001Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2001, 3:16 PM CDT for Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 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 22, 2001, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -13 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 222017
SVRSPI

ILC173-222100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
316 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE
  ...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WESTERVELT
  FINDLAY
  WINDSOR
  SHELBYVILLE

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 3963 8899 3943 8900 3943 8862 3951 8868
          3963 8882

BYRD
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 22, 2:45 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 2:45 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
245 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2001

CUTOFF LOW TO AFFECT OUR WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

UPPER LOW ACROSS NORTH/EAST MINNESOTA TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST. MODELS ARE
FAIRLY UNIFORM IN DROPPING THIS UPPER LOW SOUTHEASTWARD...REACHING
THE KBRL/KMLI AREAS AROUND 12Z THURSDAY. MRF SHOWING THAT THIS LOW
WONT FINALLY MOVE EASTWARD UNTIL LATE IN THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...AS
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NEAR THE EAST COAST BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN.

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE UNSTABLE
COLD AIR THIS AFTERNOON. THESE HAVE PRODUCED WINDS IN THE 50+ MPH
RANGE ACROSS THE KSPI/KILX AREAS...ALONG WITH LOTS OF PEA-SIZE HAIL.
WITH TEMPERATURES QUICKLY FALLING 10 TO 15 DEGREES. EXPECT THESE TO
CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST... DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING.

OVERALL PATTERN OF CLOUDY SKIES AND SCATTERED SHOWERS TO CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 0 DEGREE ISOTHERM AT 850MB ROTATES INTO
ILLINOIS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH SURFACE READINGS REMAINING
UNSEASONABLY COOL. 540 THICKNESS LINE ALSO SOUTH OF THE CWA BY THIS
TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY MODERATE INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND...THOUGH SHOWER CHANCES WILL CONTINUE. MEMORIAL DAY
ITSELF MAY BE SALVAGEABLE...AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE
PLAINS.

...PRELIMINARY CCF FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY...

SPI WC 043/058 040/058 044 72556
PIA WC 043/057 040/056 043 72465
DEC WC 043/058 041/058 043 72656
CMI WC 041/059 042/057 042 72756
MTO WC 044/059 045/059 045 72756
LWV CC 047/064 046/060 045 72446

.ILX...NONE.

GEELHART/BYRD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 11:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-231000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1100 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2001

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSHOWER WILL DEVELOP OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AS
A STRONG UPPER LOW SPINS OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES.

HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION THROUGH
TONIGHT.

GOETSCH

Local storm report, May 22, 3:05 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, IL
305 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0115 PM    TAYLORVILLE               IL   WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01   CHRISTIAN                      TREE BLOWN DOWN ON HOUSE.
                                          FROM COUNTY SHERIFF.

0138 PM    PEORIA                    IL   WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01   PEORIA                         SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HARDEES
                                          ON KNOXVILLE AVE. 60 MPH
                                          ESTIMATE. FROM ESDA.

1237 PM    1 W ATHENS                IL   WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01   MENARD                         TREES BLOWN DOWN. ALSO 1
                                          SOUTHEAST OF PETERSBURG.
                                          FROM COUNTY ESDA.

200 PM    ATHENS                    IL   WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01   MENARD                         TREE BLOWN DOWN. FROM
                                          COUNTY ESDA.

0150 PM    METAMORA                  IL   WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01   WOODFORD                       CABLE LINE BLOWN DOWN.
                                          ALSO TREE DOWN IN
                                          GERMANTOWN HILLS. FORM
                                          EUREKA SHERIFF.

0245 PM    HAVANA                    IL   .7f5 INCH HAIL
05/22/01   MASON                          FROM COUNTY SHERIFF.

GOETSCH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	52 min
May 22, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	52 min
May 22, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason	63 min
May 22, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon	50 min
May 22, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Woodford	60 min
May 22, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Menard	55 min
May 22, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	61 min
May 22, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason	60 min
May 22, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	32 min
May 22, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2001 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.