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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 12, 2002Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2002, 11:26 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report 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 12, 2002, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2002, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 12:20 AM CDT	Tornado F0	Smithfield, IL	A tornado touched down 1.2 miles northwest of Smithfield at the west end of Stevens Road in a field. The tornado then briefly lifted before touching down once again in a field near Old Miller Lane. An unoccupied 15 foot travel trailer was picked up and destr

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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 100 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1544 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 130426
SVRSPI
ILC057-095-130530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1125 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF AVON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH
  OF MONMOUTH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AVON
  ABINGDON
  LONDON MILLS
  GILSON
  FAIRVIEW
  MAQUON
  CUBA
  FARMINGTON

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 4091 9045 4047 9044 4046 9001 4095 9001

FRIEDERS

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	56 min
Jun 12, 9:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Knox	6 hr
Jun 12, 11:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton	55 min
Jun 13, 12:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Tazewell	62 min
Jun 13, 1:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan	60 min
Jun 13, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell	61 min
Jun 13, 4:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	6 hr
Jun 13, 4:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian	6 hr
Jun 13, 4:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Scott	5 hr
Jun 13, 5:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark	5 hr
Jun 13, 5:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Shelby	6 hr
Jun 13, 6:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	4 hr
Jun 13, 6:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham	16 hr
Jun 13, 6:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham	5 hr
Jun 13, 10:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	6 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.