Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Jul 17, 2003, 11:48 PM CDT (04:48 UTC)

Expired

Jul 18, 2003, 12:45 AM CDT

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS53 KILX 180448
SVRILX
ILC019-183-180545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1147 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 26 MILES NORTH OF FOOSLAND TO 14
  MILES NORTH OF RANKIN...OR FROM FAIRBURY TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  WATSEKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FOOSLAND
  LUDLOW
  RANKIN
  HOOPESTON
  GIFFORD
  ROSSVILLE
  POTOMAC
  FISHER
  RANTOUL
  OAKWOOD

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THESE DANGEROUS
STORMS. GO TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES IF YOU ARE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

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 4050 8845 4049 8756 4000 8755 4000 8843

$$

BYRD

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NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 17, 3:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 48 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
300 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2003

TWO PROBLEMS FOR TODAYS FORECAST...CURRENT FRONT TO MOVE INTO STATE
TONIGHT AND THEN NEXT FRONT FOR SUNDAY NIGHT.

MODELS PRETTY SIMILAR FOR SHORT TERM BUT LIKE THE ETA MOVEMENT. HAVE
INCREASED POPS IN THE CENTRAL TO LIKELY CATEGORY SIMILAR TO NORTH
SECTIONS TONIGHT AS THE FRONTAL MOVES INTO REGION LATE. IN DOMAINATE
UPPER LEVEL NW FLOW...FRONTAL TO CONTINUE THROUGH STATE WITH PCPN
ENDING OVER REGION ON FRIDAY. LOWER TEMPS A BIT ON FRIDAY WITH
EXPECTED CLOUD COVER.

FOR SUNDAY-MONDAY SYSTEM...NEW GFS BRINGS SYSTEM IN TO APPROACH CWA
LATE ON SUNDAY SO WILL MODIFY POPS TO TAKE THEM OUT FOR THE MORNING
BUT STILL TOO EARLY TO TAKE THEM OUT TOTALLY. FEEL BEST CHANCE DUE
TO DYNAMICS ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...BUT WILL NOT TRY TO
TIME PHASE IT OUT OF NORTH YET ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...VERY
MINOR CHANGES TO THE GRIDS.

.ILX...NONE.

GOETSCH

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-181100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1150 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY AND
ISOLATED TORNADO.  THE PRIMARY LOCATION WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF A JACKSONVILLE TO DANVILLE LINE.  A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT. THIS COLD FRONT WILL BE
THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ON FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE
ACROSS ILLINOIS.  THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.  THE MAIN THREAT AREA WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
A TAYLORVILLE TO PARIS LINE.  ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ILLINOIS
ON MONDAY AND PROVIDE FOR A CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT
ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

&&
THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC
AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ILX. THIS ADDRESS IS ALL IN LOWER CASE.

SMITH

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.