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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 95

April 6, 200118 counties in Illinois; 39 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 6, 2001, 12:15 PM CDT for 18 counties in Illinois; 39 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2001, 12:15 PM CDT (17:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Allen County, IN, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Newton County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLivingston46 min
Apr 6, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean49 min
Apr 6, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFord35 min
Apr 6, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign50 min
Apr 6, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion56 min
Apr 6, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Warren41 min
Apr 6, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke50 min
Apr 6, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain23 min
Apr 6, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam32 min
Apr 6, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam13 min
Apr 6, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan24 min
Apr 6, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam29 min
Apr 6, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan47 min

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 903 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
903 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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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.