Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2001, 1:36 AM CDT for Knox County, Peoria County, Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 5, 2001, 1:36 AM CDT (06:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2001, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Knox County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Stark County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 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 050637 SVRSPI ILC095-143-175-050715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 136 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 136 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLIAMSFIELD...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF GALESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ELMORE LAURA WEST JERSEY LA FAYETTE WYOMING TOULON ELMIRA BRADFORD OSCEOLA 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 4092 9024 4079 9008 4116 8966 4139 8957 MILLERH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Shelby | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 4:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Lawrence, Richland | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Richland | 45 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.