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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 1, 2002Champaign County, Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2002, 7:04 PM CDT for Champaign County, Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2002, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Champaign County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2002-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3567 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 2002-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
3567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 020004
SVRSPI
ILC019-045-183-020100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
704 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PHILO...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CHAMPAIGN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SIDNEY
  HOMER
  BROADLANDS
  ALLERTON
  SIDELL
  GEORGETOWN

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DAMAGING HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. TAKE
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 4016 8821 4001 8832 3991 8803 3981 8775
          3995 8755

SMITH
NNNN

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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.