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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Chicago, IL

July 22, 2001Kankakee County, Will County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2001, 5:59 PM CDT for Kankakee County, Will County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2001, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Kankakee County, IL, Will County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 22, 6:30 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Bradley, 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 3141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 22, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
230 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

NUMEROUS HI'S AROUND 100 NOW AND TEMPS TNGT PROGGED IN THE MIDDLE OR
UPPER 70S SHOULD MAINTAIN HEAT HEADLINES THRU TONIGHT. WLL LET MID
SHIFT DECIDE IF IT WARRANTS CONTINUATION ON MONDAY. WITH TEMPS
PROGGED IN LOWER OR MIDDLE 90S...APPEARS NERN IL WARNING PROBABLY
WILL CONTINUE TIL MONDAY NIGHT WHEN COLD FRONT DROPS IN AND LOWERS
DEWPOINTS.

GOOD CAPES AND STEERING WINDS TONIGHT SUGGEST STORMS THAT ARE
POPPING UP HERE AND THERE SHOULD CONTINUE WELL INTO SUNSET AND WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE MORE DOWNBURST OUTFLOWS. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM S
CENTRAL WI BACK THRU JO DAVIESS CUD SLIPPING EAST ACROSS NRN CENTRAL
TO NERN IL LATE THIS AFTN INTO THIS EVENING. SO POPS WILL PROBABLY
GO OUT AS CATEGORICALLY SCT OR ISOLATED TSTMS THIS EVENING.
CONTINUATION PAST MIDNIGHT IS QUESTIONABLE.

COLD FNT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST MONDAY ALONG WITH MORE HEAT
GENERATED TSTMS WORTH ANOTHER POP MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS FNT.
THIS SHUD TERMINATE NEED FOR ADVISORIES/WRNGS AND USHER IN DRIER
CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY. GOOD COLD AND DRY AIR NOT FILTERING DOWN
UNTIL WEDNESDAY.

LOOKING COOLER AND DRIER FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK...BUT RETURN
SOUTH FLOW SHOULD RETURN CHC OF TSTMS ON SATURDAY.

TEMPS CRITICAL FOR PCPN AND CLOUD COVER BUT HAVE BEEN DOING FAIRLY
WELL LAST FEW DAYS AND WILL FOLLOW GUIDANCE VALUES CLOSELYg.

.CHI...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR CHICAGO AREA
       EXCESSIVE HEAT ADV FOR REST OF CWA

BRUMER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
411 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0345 PM    RICHMOND                  IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/01   MCHENRY                        POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0350 PM    MC HENRY                  IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/01   MCHENRY                        TREES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
422 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0400 PM    BARRINGTON                IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/01   COOK                           TREES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
449 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0420 PM    WAUCONDA                  IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/01   LAKE                           TREES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
450 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0430 PM    GRAYSLAKE                 IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/01   LAKE                           TREES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 5:37 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
537 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0445 PM    ELK GROVE VLG             IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/01   COOK                           TREES BLOWN DOWN .
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0445 PM    WINNETKA                  IL   1 INCH HAIL
07/22/01   COOK                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0445 PM    ELMHURST                  IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/01   DUPAGE                         TREES DOWN...DAMAGE TO
                                          CAR. REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

0445 PM    LOMBARD                   IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/01   DUPAGE                         TWO 9" DIAMETER TREES
                                          SNAPPED  AT ABOUT 10
                                          FEET OFF THE GROUND.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0510 PM    CHICAGO                   IL   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/22/01   COOK                           RECORDED WIND GUST AT
                                          HARRISON-DEVER CRIB

Local storm report, Jul 22, 5:50 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
550 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0520 PM    YORKVILLE                 IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/01   KENDALL                        POWERLINES BLOWN DOWN .
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0525 PM    AURORA                    IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/01   KANE                           LARGE TREE BRANCHES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	26 min
Jul 22, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, McHenry	55 min
Jul 22, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DuPage, Will	42 min
Jul 22, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Lake	57 min
Jul 22, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DuPage	57 min
Jul 22, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kane, Kendall	64 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.