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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 20, 2003Christian County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 2003, 3:01 PM CST for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 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: Mar 20, 2003, 3:01 PM CST (21:01 UTC)
Expired: Mar 20, 2003, 3:45 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Christian County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

093 
WUUS53 KILX 202101
SVRILX
ILC021-202145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
300 PM CST THU MAR 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 345 PM CST

* AT 300 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER KINCAID...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EDINBURG
  SHARPSBURG

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 3945 8943 3950 8924 3972 8920 3966 8948

$$

BARNES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 6:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	24 min
Mar 19, 6:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	24 min
Mar 19, 7:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	45 min
Mar 19, 7:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	25 min
Mar 19, 7:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	64 min
Mar 19, 8:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell	55 min
Mar 20, 4:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon	45 min
Mar 20, 5:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt	25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.