Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 21, 2001Jersey County, Macoupin County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2001, 12:29 AM CDT for Jersey County, Macoupin County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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
May 21, 2001, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2001, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:33 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
May 21, 12:30 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EJerseyville, ILThe County Sheriff Department reported a few trees down southeast of Jerseyville.

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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2001-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 411 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2001-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 210528
SVRSTL
ILC083-117-210600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1229 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
  SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF BRIGHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  BUNKER HILL
  SHIPMAN
  GILLESPIE
  WILSONVILLE
  STAUNTON
  MOUNT OLIVE

THE PRIMARY THREAT POSED BY THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE INTERIOR PORTION OF A STURDY SHELTER...AND STAY AWAY
FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.

TES

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGreene34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.