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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2003, 8:33 PM CDT for Logan County, Illinois. It was in force for 57 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
- Aug 3, 2003, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2003, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Logan County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 657 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
494 WUUS53 KILX 040133 SVRILX ILC107-040230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 833 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 833 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LINCOLN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LINCOLN ATLANTA MOUNT PULASKI BEASON CHESTNUT 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 4030 8954 4003 8956 3994 8917 4026 8917 $$ EH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 68 min |
| Aug 3, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.