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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Chicago, IL

May 13, 2005Cook County, DuPage County, Will County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2005, 12:45 PM CDT for Cook County, DuPage County, Will County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 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 13, 2005, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2005, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cook County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Will County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2005-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 135 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 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
135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLOT 131745
SVRLOT
ILC031-043-197-131815-
/O.NEW.KLOT.SV.W.0021.050513T1745Z-050513T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1245 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
  CENTRAL WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 115 PM

* AT 1242 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  SCHILLER PARK TO MOKENA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  EVANSTON BY 1250 PM(1250 PM)...
  THORNTON BY 1255 PM(1255 PM)...
  LANSING BY 100 PM(100 PM)...

LAT...LON 4195 8795 4146 8794 4154 8753 4173 8754
      4209 8772

$$

PIETRYCHA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, Will28 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.