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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 1, 2007Peoria County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2007, 1:50 AM CST for Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 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 1, 2007, 1:50 AM CST (07:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 2:17 AM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Peoria County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2007-03-01Temperature 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 533 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
533 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
631 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 010751
SVRILX
ILC143-010830-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0002.070301T0750Z-070301T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
150 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 230 AM CST.

* AT 150 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELMWOOD...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  NORTH OF CANTON...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAURA...
  PRINCEVILLE...
  DUNLAP...

IF YOU IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING...BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4096 8997 4071 8998 4084 8966 4097 8966

$$

SCHAFFER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KILX 010817
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
217 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

ILC143-010827-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070301T0830Z/
PEORIA-
217 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PEORIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 211 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4096 8997 4071 8998 4084 8966 4097 8966

$$

CHS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 1:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox48 min
Mar 1, 2:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler50 min
Mar 1, 3:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton41 min
Mar 1, 7:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan18 min
Mar 1, 7:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard, Sangamon35 min
Mar 1, 9:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Sangamon25 min
Mar 1, 9:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon31 min
Mar 1, 10:49 AM CSTHigh Wind WarningILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more4 hr
Mar 1, 11:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon41 min
Mar 1, 12:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian38 min
Mar 1, 12:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon47 min
Mar 1, 12:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby38 min
Mar 1, 12:51 PM CSTTornado WarningILXMacon24 min
Mar 1, 1:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt43 min
Mar 1, 1:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby26 min
Mar 1, 1:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign51 min
Mar 1, 3:15 PM CSTWind AdvisoryILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more25 hr

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.