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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2002, 4:16 PM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 44 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, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2002, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KILX 112116 SVRSPI ILC057-095-143-179-203-112200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 414 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR AVON TO PEORIA... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BARTONVILLE AT 410 PM. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EAST PEORIA PEORIA WASHINGTON DUNLAP SPRING BAY GERMANTOWN HILLS ROME METAMORA 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 4080 9043 4060 9044 4062 8934 4092 8933 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, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 46 min |
| May 11, 4:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason, Peoria and 3 more | 6 hr |
| 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 |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.