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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 12, 2002Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2002, 1:43 AM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 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 12, 2002, 1:43 AM CDT (06:43 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2002, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2002-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2002-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 556 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
556 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
666 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 120643
SVRSPI
ILC169-120730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
142 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LITTLETON
  RAY
  RUSHVILLE
  BROWNING
  FREDERICK

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 4028 9072 4012 9077 4000 9055 4017 9033

BYRD
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox38 min
May 11, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStark58 min
May 12, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSchuyler6 hr
May 12, 2:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass, Mason, Menard6 hr
May 12, 3:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChristian, Logan, Macon, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott6 hr
May 12, 5:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXColes, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby6 hr
May 12, 5:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby6 hr
May 12, 6:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEdgar5 hr
May 12, 7:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark, Cumberland7 hr
May 12, 10:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion6 hr
May 12, 12:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland6 hr
May 12, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham, Jasper39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.