Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2002, 4:07 PM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 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 27, 2002, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2002, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Christian County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:35 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Taylorville, IL | Several roofs in Palmer sustained hail damage. |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 272107 SVRSPI ILC021-272200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 405 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ONE 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER ONE ONE MILE WEST OF PAWNEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... KINCAID TAYLORVILLE LAKE TAYLORVILLE EDINBURG STONINGTON MOUNT AUBURN THE STORM COMING OUT OF SANGAMON COUNTY HAS PRODUCED 2 INCH HAIL. THESE STORMS ARE 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 3963 8953 3938 8935 3952 8904 3980 8925 AUTEN NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 60 min |
| May 27, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 60 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.