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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 10, 2003Clay County, Effingham County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2003, 8:19 PM CDT for Clay County, Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 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 10, 2003, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, IL, Effingham County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.2
Supercell composite: 17.1

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The text

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

494 
WUUS53 KILX 110119
SVRILX
ILC025-049-110200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
818 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES WEST OF BEECHER CITY TO
  5 MILES WEST OF XENIA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BEECHER CITY
  IOLA
  XENIA
  ALTAMONT
  SHUMWAY
  EFFINGHAM
  LOUISVILLE
  FLORA
  EDGEWOOD
  WATSON
  
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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES AT ANY TIME.

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 3921 8902 3893 8899 3859 8884 3863 8835
          3892 8838 3918 8842

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BYRD

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Schuyler	52 min
May 10, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	52 min
May 10, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Schuyler	50 min
May 10, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason	60 min
May 10, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Jasper	59 min
May 10, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Knox, Stark	44 min
May 10, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham	59 min
May 10, 9:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell	56 min
May 10, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	61 min
May 10, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	60 min
May 10, 9:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	60 min
May 10, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	61 min
May 10, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Woodford	54 min
May 10, 10:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	70 min
May 10, 10:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall	47 min
May 10, 11:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Woodford	42 min

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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.