Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 1:11 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 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
- May 1, 2002, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2002, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Schuyler County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1:35 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Rushville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1364 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 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 011811
SVRSPI
ILC169-011900-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
110 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES WEST OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RUSHVILLE
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 4020 9092 4012 9093 4011 9072 3999 9052
4023 9043
BARKER
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 51 min |
| May 1, 1:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian | 6 hr |
| May 1, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 51 min |
| May 1, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Scott | 24 min |
| May 1, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 56 min |
| May 1, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 39 min |
| May 1, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 66 min |
| May 1, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 65 min |
| May 1, 2:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 6 hr |
| May 1, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 45 min |
| May 1, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Richland | 38 min |
| May 1, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 48 min |
| May 1, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 40 min |
| May 1, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 50 min |
| May 1, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Richland | 42 min |
| May 1, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 54 min |
| May 1, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Shelby | 6 hr |
| May 1, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 54 min |
| May 1, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 56 min |
| May 1, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
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.