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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 5, 2003Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2003, 6:57 AM CDT for Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 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 5, 2003, 6:57 AM CDT (11:57 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2003, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Richland County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2003-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2003-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 408 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
531 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

417 
WUUS53 KILX 051157
SVRILX
ILC159-051245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
657 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 657 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CALHOUN
  OLNEY
  CLAREMONT
  DUNDAS

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 3882 8824 3861 8810 3863 8793 3882 8793
          3884 8812

$$

SMITH
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon, Piatt42 min
May 4, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion49 min
May 5, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham44 min
May 5, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXJasper35 min
May 5, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford, Richland39 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.