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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 31, 2004Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2004, 9:39 PM CDT for Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2004, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2004, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jasper County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 31, 9:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Newton, IL	POWER POLE SNAPPED OFF AT HIGH SCHOOL IN NEWTON. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 231 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

279 
WUUS53 KILX 010239
SVRILX
ILC079-010345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
938 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF WHEELER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF EFFINGHAM...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIDALGO
  NEWTON
  WILLOW HILL
  STE. MARIE

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...ROSE HILL...YALE...GILA AND
LATONA.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... 
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 3916 8838 3895 8836 3892 8797 3917 8798

$$

AUTEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	61 min
May 31, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	57 min
May 31, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	26 min
May 31, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	63 min
May 31, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham	57 min
May 31, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Moultrie	53 min
May 31, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.