Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2002, 3:14 PM CDT for Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 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
- Apr 24, 2002, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2002, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Effingham County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:35 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Beecher City, 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 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, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 242014 SVRSPI ILC049-242115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 314 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF BEECHER CITY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF VANDALIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BEECHER CITY ALTAMONT SHUMWAY EFFINGHAM WATSON TEUTOPOLIS LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL ACCOMPANY THIS DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES AT ANY TIME. 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 3921 8880 3893 8879 3894 8839 3917 8839 KETCHAM NNNN
The 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, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.