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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 1:51 PM CDT for Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 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
- May 1, 2002, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2002, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Scott County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 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 011851 SVRSPI ILC171-011915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 151 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF WINCHESTER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF PITTSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EXETER WINCHESTER ALSEY 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 3971 9071 3953 9072 3953 9033 3975 9041 NNNN
The 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, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 49 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.