Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2001, 4:02 PM CDT for Clay County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2001, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2001, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Clay County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Dieterich, IL | Several trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down throughout the town. |
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, 9.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 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 232108 CCA
SVRSPI
ILC025-049-079-232145-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
402 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
EFFINGHAM TO 12 MILES EAST OF SALEM...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
DIETERICH
INGRAHAM
BOGOTA
NEWTON
HIDALGO
WILLOW HILL
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
LARGE 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 3915 8851 3885 8853 3861 8888 3885 8826
3896 8797 3916 8797
MILLER
/CORRECTION TO SPELLING OF INGRAHAM/
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 57 min |
| May 23, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 66 min |
| May 23, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 65 min |
| May 23, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 46 min |
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.