Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2002, 2:45 PM CDT for Morgan County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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 27, 2002, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2002, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Morgan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:13 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Waverly, IL | |
| May 27, 3:35 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Auburn, IL | Hail fell for 20 minutes in Aurburn causing widespread damage. Many cars sustained hail damage, as well as, damage to windows, roofs, and siding on numerous homes. Damage was estimated around 9 million dollars. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 271945 SVRSPI ILC137-167-272045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 243 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FRANKLIN WAVERLY LOAMI NEW BERLIN CHATHAM AUBURN 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 3955 9028 3940 9014 3964 8955 3992 8972 AUTEN NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 60 min |
| May 27, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 53 min |
| May 27, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 61 min |
| May 27, 5:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 6 hr |
| May 27, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 6 hr |
| May 27, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 63 min |
| May 27, 6:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Moultrie | 6 hr |
| May 27, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 56 min |
| May 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 53 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.