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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 17, 2001Tazewell County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2001, 10:04 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 17, 2001, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2001, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Tazewell County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 10:08 PM CDTHail 0.88Morton, IL

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 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2001-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1723 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2001-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
1723 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
11.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 180306
SVRSPI

ILC179-180345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1004 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1004 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...OR ABOUT 4 MILES 
  NORTHEAST OF PEKIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE TOWN OF DILLON...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST 
  AROUND 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MORTON
  EAST PEORIA
  MACKINAW
  WASHINGTON
  TREMONT

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 4056 8966 4046 8933 4069 8935 4074 8954

MILLER

NNNN

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.