Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Aug 2, 2003, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2003, 2:30 PM CDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mason County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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.

000 
WUUS53 KILX 021827
SVRILX
ILC125-021930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
126 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 126 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CHATAUQUA PARK...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HAVANA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EASTON
  FOREST CITY
  MANITO 

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.

LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL ACCOMPANY THIS DANGEROUS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 4039 9008 4024 9005 4015 8974 4036 8967

$$

EH

NNNN

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 2, 9:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
955 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

UPDATE TO ZONES AROUND 16Z.
LATEST SFC ANALYSIS PLACES SEVERAL WEAK SFC BOUNDARIES ACROSS
MIDWEST.  LATEST 1415Z IR SATELLITE PLACES PLENTY OF CLOUDS ACROSS
MISSOURI AND LOWER MS VALLEY. LATEST 1415Z W/V IMAGE PLACES PLENTY
OF S/WS ACROSS GREAT LAKES...UPPER MIDWEST...AND PLAINS STATES.
LATEST 1446Z KILX RADAR PLACES SCATTERED PCPN FROM WINCHESTER TO
PETERSBURG.  LATEST 1447Z KDVN RADAR PLACES A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS
EASTERN IOWA. WILL UPDATE ZONES FOR WORDING AND INCREASE
PRECIPITATION ACROSS CWA.

.ILX...NONE.

EH

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-031100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1130 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. SEVERAL WEAK UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES WILL PUSH ACROSS THE MIDWEST OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18
HOURS BRINGING WITH IT THE CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TO PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IT APPEARS THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA
OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A SURFACE
BOUNDARY LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE
PRIMARY THREAT WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON WOULD BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO SINK SOUTH IN
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
FAIRLY COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
INTERACT WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO PRODUCE
AT LEAST A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. AT THIS
TIME...IT APPEARS THE THREAT FOR ANY ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BE LOW FOR BOTH DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST 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.

EH

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.