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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Chicago, IL

October 14, 2001Iroquois County, Illinois; Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 14, 2001, 1:11 PM CDT for Iroquois County, Illinois; Newton County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2001, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2001, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Iroquois County, IL, Newton County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Oct 14, 3:10 AM CDT, 10 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 3:10 AM CDT, 10 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
310 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2001

RADAR INDICATES MAIN AREA OF RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF AREA EXCEPT STILL
LINGERING IN NW IN. ANOTHER BATCH OF SHOWERS NE ARK AND SE MO ASSCD
WITH VORT MAX LIFTING NNE BUT SHOULD STAY SE OF FORECAST AREA. SOME
CLEARING SEEN IN IR SATELLITE IMAGRY OVER WEST CENTRAL IL AND MUCH
OF MO AND IA...AND SFC OBS REPORTING CLOUDS SCATTERING BELOW 12K FT
OVER NE IL. MAY SEE SOME SUNSHINE THIS MORNING BUT WITH STRONG CAA
AND VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES...CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY. ENOUGH
INSTABILITY AND TROFINESS FOR SOME SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS. FWC
AND MAV GUIDANCE ONLY PUTTING OUT ABOUT 15 KNOTS OF WIND THIS
AFTERNOON BUT AVN AND ETA BOTH INDICATING 30 TO 35 KNOTS AT 850MB.
THINK ENOUGH OF THIS WILL MIX DOWN TO CONTINUE FORECAST OF 20 TO 30
MPH IN ZONES.

NEXT SPOKE ROTATING THROUGH BROAD UPPER TROF MON AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. MAIN ENERGY GOING THROUGH OH RIVER VALLEY AND MOST PRECIP
SHOULD STAY SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA. WILL KEEP CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN
FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FINALLY DRYING OUT TUE BUT VERY CHILLY
WITH -4 TO -6 TEMPS AT 850 MB. WITH NW FLOW...ANY LAKE EFFECT WILL
BE EAST OF FORECAST AREA. THEN RIDGE BUILDS IN WITH BIG WARM UP FOR
MID WEEK.

.CHI...GALE WARNING LAKE MICHIGAN.

ALLSOPP

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.