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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 11, 2002Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2002, 3:29 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 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 11, 2002, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2002, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 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 112029
SVRSPI
ILC057-095-112115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
330 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 328 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF AVON MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ABINGDON
  LONDON MILLS
  FAIRVIEW
  MAQUON
  CANTON
  FARMINGTON
  YATES CITY

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 4085 9045 4052 9044 4053 9001 4090 9000

CHURCHILL
NNNN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 11:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason, Peoria and 3 more	4 hr
May 11, 4:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason, Peoria and 3 more	6 hr
May 11, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	44 min
May 11, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	42 min
May 11, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	39 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.