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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 9, 20024 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2002, 3:14 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 61 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 9, 2002, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2002, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Jasper County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 3:40 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EMarshall, ILSeveral power lines were blown down in town.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 9, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1076 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1076 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
9.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 090814
SVRSPI
ILC023-033-045-079-090915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
313 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 313 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES WEST OF CLARKSVILLE TO 6
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF STE. MARIE...OR FROM 9 MILES EAST OF CHARLESTON
  TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MARTINSVILLE
  OBLONG
  ANNAPOLIS
  CLARKSVILLE
  EATON
  HARDINVILLE
  NEW HEBRON
  OLIVER

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... 
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 3961 8792 3888 8805 3888 8757 3960 8756

SMITH
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSchuyler6 hr
May 8, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott57 min
May 8, 10:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton6 hr
May 8, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean64 min
May 8, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason45 min
May 8, 10:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass, Morgan, Scott6 hr
May 8, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Mason47 min
May 8, 11:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMason6 hr
May 8, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon51 min
May 8, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell62 min
May 9, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford43 min
May 9, 12:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford6 hr
May 9, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Shelby52 min
May 9, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie26 min
May 9, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Coles, Douglas63 min
May 9, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham44 min
May 9, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland63 min
May 9, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion53 min
May 9, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.