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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 5, 2001Knox County, Peoria County, Stark County, Illinois

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2001-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2001-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby51 min
Jun 5, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham29 min
Jun 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Shelby61 min
Jun 5, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Crawford, Jasper47 min
Jun 5, 4:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper4 hr
Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClay, Lawrence, Richland3 hr
Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXRichland45 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.