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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 1, 2002Effingham County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 2:04 PM CDT for Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 56 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, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2002, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Effingham County, IL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 011904
SVRSPI
ILC049-012000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
204 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALTAMONT...OR ABOUT 13
  MILES EAST OF VANDALIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WATSON
  DIETERICH

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.

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 3911 8879 3893 8879 3891 8838 3909 8837
KETCHAM 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott51 min
May 1, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler49 min
May 1, 1:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChristian6 hr
May 1, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Mason51 min
May 1, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXScott24 min
May 1, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard39 min
May 1, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay66 min
May 1, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay65 min
May 1, 2:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon, Scott6 hr
May 1, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan45 min
May 1, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningILXRichland38 min
May 1, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon48 min
May 1, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLawrence40 min
May 1, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian50 min
May 1, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXRichland42 min
May 1, 3:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby54 min
May 1, 4:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXShelby6 hr
May 1, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCumberland54 min
May 1, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford56 min
May 1, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria38 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.