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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 4, 2004Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2004, 3:43 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 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
Jul 4, 2004, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lawrence County, IL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 4, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 12:00Z on 2004-07-04Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2004-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 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.

000 
WUUS53 KILX 042043
SVRILX
ILC101-042130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
343 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SUMNER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF
  OLNEY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRIDGEPORT
  LAWRENCEVILLE

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...PETROLIA...BILLETT...HELENA
AND PINKSTAFF.

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 3882 8792 3861 8792 3861 8764 3883 8755

$$

AUTEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan56 min
Jul 4, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Effingham54 min
Jul 4, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXJasper, Richland57 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.