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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 14, 2001Peoria County, Stark County, Tazewell County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 6:37 PM CDT for Peoria County, Stark County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 min. 3 reports 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: Jun 14, 2001, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2001, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Peoria County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 6:45 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 51 M	Countywide, IL	Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down countywide. In Peoria, the top 40 feet of a 120 foot high communications tower was blown down. It caused roof damage to the building it was next to before landing on the road below it.
Jun 14, 7:02 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Wyoming, IL	A two foot diameter tree was blown over. Also, an empty grain bin was partially caved in by the winds.
Jun 14, 7:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Pekin, IL	Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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: 663 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KILX 142339
SVRSPI

ILC125-143-175-179-150030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
637 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELMIRA TO
  12 MILES WEST OF BRIMFIELD...OR FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEWANEE
  TO 17 MILES NORTH OF CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BRIMFIELD
  EASTON
  PEORIA
  EAST PEORIA
  TOULON
  GLASFORD
  ELMIRA
  HANNA CITY
  MANITO
  PRINCEVILLE

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS DANGEROUS
STORM ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL. GO TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON 
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. 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 4136 8997 4054 8986 4017 9002 4018 8960
          4142 8969

NNNN

KMH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	55 min
Jun 14, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	56 min
Jun 14, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason	53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.