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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 19, 2003Christian County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2003, 6:06 PM CST for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 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: Mar 19, 2003, 6:06 PM CST (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2003, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Christian County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 84 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -56 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.

979 
WUUS53 KILX 200006
SVRILX
ILC021-200030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
606 PM CST WED MAR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 606 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EDINBURG...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST 
  OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY
  EDINBURG

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 3965 8941 3951 8933 3963 8920 3972 8923

$$

EH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 6:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	24 min
Mar 19, 7:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	45 min
Mar 19, 7:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	25 min
Mar 19, 7:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	64 min
Mar 19, 8:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell	55 min
Mar 20, 3:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	44 min
Mar 20, 4:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon	45 min
Mar 20, 5:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt	25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.