Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2002, 11:28 AM CST for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 29, 2002, 11:28 AM CST (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2002, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wayne County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 11:39 AM CST | Hail 0.88 | Wayne City, IL |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 11:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 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 KPAH 291728 SVRPAH ILC191-291815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1128 AM CST FRI MAR 29 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1215 PM CST * AT 1125 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF WAYNE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CISNE AND FAIRFIELD IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PADUCAH. LAT...LON 3857 8815 3827 8815 3827 8870 3858 8868 ML/PS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 29, 11:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 12:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 49 min |
| Mar 29, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 48 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.