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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 2, 2004Fulton County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2004, 11:15 AM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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 2, 2004, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2004, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fulton County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 2, 11:35 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Cuba, IL	HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS COVERING THE GROUND IN CUBA FROM CUBA ESDA.
May 2, 11:50 AM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Cuba, IL	HAIL RANGING IN SIZE COVERING THE GROUND AND CARS 1 TO 2 INCHES DEEP IN CUBA.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 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: 378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 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.

390 
WUUS53 KILX 021615
SVRILX
ILC057-021715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1115 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1113 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
  INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FIATT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF
  CANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CUBA
  CANTON
  ST. DAVID
  IPAVA
  LEWISTOWN

LARGE AMOUNTS OF HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER 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 4059 9043 4026 9043 4044 8995 4072 9003

$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 10:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	62 min
May 2, 10:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	61 min
May 2, 12:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason	57 min
May 2, 12:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard	52 min
May 2, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	65 min
May 2, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.