Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2002, 3:40 AM CDT for Coles County, Cumberland County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 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 7, 2002, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2002, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 854 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KILX 070840 SVRSPI ILC029-035-079-070915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 337 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 415 AM CDT * AT 337 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MATTOON TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH STORM. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MATTOON LERNA JANESVILLE CHARLESTON RARDIN ASHMORE OAKLAND 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 3957 8848 3900 8836 3902 8803 3966 8800 CHURCHILL NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 48 min |
| May 7, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 43 min |
| May 7, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 50 min |
| May 7, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 47 min |
| May 7, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 39 min |
| May 7, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 41 min |
| May 7, 2:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Christian, Logan, Macon, Menard, Morgan and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 42 min |
| May 7, 3:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 3 more | 7 hr |
| May 7, 4:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Effingham, Jasper | 7 hr |
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.