Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2001, 4:54 PM CDT for Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 9, 2001, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2001, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Randolph County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 54 E | Chester, IL | Trees were downed on the north side of Chester. A truck was extensively damage by a downed tree. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 265 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1801 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KLSX 092154
SVRSTL
ILC157-092230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
454 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BREMEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE
PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
PERCY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 3798 8995 3785 8975 3784 8968 3803 8961
3804 8978
RPThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Madison | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 42 min |
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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.