Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 163
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 21, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT for 48 counties in Illinois; 20 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties
Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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.
Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 42 min |
| Apr 21, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 52 min |
| Apr 21, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 64 min |
| Apr 21, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Livingston | 31 min |
| Apr 21, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 29 min |
| Apr 21, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 52 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell and 28 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.