Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 2:30 PM CDT for Morgan County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2002, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morgan County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:45 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Jacksonville, 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 011930 SVRSPI ILC137-012015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 229 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 229 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WOODSON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FRANKLIN ALEXANDER WAVERLY 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 3968 9031 3952 9030 3957 8994 3978 9000 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, 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, 2:37 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.