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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2002, 2:55 PM CDT for Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 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
- Apr 24, 2002, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2002, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mason County, IL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KILX 241955
SVRSPI
ILC125-242045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
254 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MANITO TO KILBOURNE...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MASON CITY
EASTON
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 4043 8988 4026 8989 4014 9003 4016 8991
4019 8964 4031 8963 4032 8974 4044 8975
KETCHAM
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Jasper | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 40 min |
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.