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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 403

June 11, 20014 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 11, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2001, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

Boone County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McHenry County, IL, McLean County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Woodford County, IL, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Lake County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Newton County, IN, Noble County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Kenosha County, WI, Racine County, WI, Walworth County, WI

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

28 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTBoone, DeKalb, Ogle, Winnebago67 min
Jun 11, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, Kane, McHenry67 min
Jun 11, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLake67 min
Jun 11, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNStephenson59 min
Jun 11, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRROttawa59 min
Jun 11, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent, Newaygo73 min
Jun 11, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan73 min
Jun 11, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry32 min
Jun 11, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTBoone, DeKalb, Ogle, Winnebago32 min
Jun 11, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph55 min
Jun 11, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass55 min
Jun 11, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRROttawa31 min
Jun 12, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, DuPage, Kane28 min
Jun 12, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRVan Buren51 min
Jun 12, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will32 min
Jun 12, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTPorter32 min
Jun 12, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Kalamazoo47 min
Jun 12, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph81 min
Jun 12, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, Will31 min
Jun 12, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTJasper, Porter31 min
Jun 12, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTNewton31 min
Jun 12, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMarshall, Starke100 min
Jun 12, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Kosciusko100 min
Jun 12, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange94 min
Jun 12, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Pulaski94 min
Jun 12, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXNoble94 min
Jun 12, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Whitley72 min
Jun 12, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, Steuben72 min

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2001-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3690 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3690 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.7

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 17 more5 hr
Jun 11, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCTrempealeau6 hr
Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 4 more3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.