Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 4:21 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2002, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Peoria County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Fairview, IL | |
| Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Bartonville, IL |
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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
535 WUUS53 KILX 042121 SVRSPI ILC057-095-143-042215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 421 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER YATES CITY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BRIMFIELD TRIVOLI HANNA CITY PRINCEVILLE DUNLAP PEORIA BELLEVUE BARTONVILLE 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 4090 9015 4055 9020 4061 8962 4095 8962 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Stark | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 80 min |
| Jun 4, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 3 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.