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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 8, 2003Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT for Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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 8, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2003, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mason County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2003-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2003-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
278 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.

478 
WUUS53 KILX 090330 RRA
SVRILX
ILC125-090415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1029 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1029 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 13 MILES WEST OF BATH TO 43 MILES
  SOUTH OF BATH...OR FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF BEARDSTOWN TO
  WINCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BATH
  HAVANA
  KILBOURNE
  EASTON
  MANITO
  MASON CITY

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING 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 4013 9027 4008 9027 4021 8963 4044 8977
          4046 8990

$$

KH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler55 min
May 8, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox60 min
May 8, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass43 min
May 8, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason58 min
May 8, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell66 min
May 8, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox59 min
May 8, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox58 min
May 8, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Scott57 min
May 8, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Peoria, Stark60 min
May 8, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard, Sangamon54 min
May 8, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Woodford52 min
May 8, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan51 min
May 8, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean71 min
May 8, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt39 min
May 8, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon48 min
May 9, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt30 min
May 9, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign52 min
May 9, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion42 min
May 9, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott65 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.