Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2008, 10:03 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 42 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 2, 2008, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Christian County, IL, Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 146 days |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 729 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KILX 021503
SVRILX
ILC021-115-139-173-021545-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0049.080502T1503Z-080502T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1003 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT.
* AT 1003 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MOUNT ZION TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF PANA...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR TO 12 MILES EAST OF
NOKOMIS...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKEWOOD...
WESTERVELT...
SHELBYVILLE...
FINDLAY...
COWDEN...
BETHANY...
LOVINGTON...
SULLIVAN...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...ALLENVILLE...DALTON CITY...
STEWARDSON...TOWER HILL AND WINDSOR.
IF YOU IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING
WINDS...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 3922 8914 3979 8894 3979 8847 3926 8847
3925 8848 3922 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 267DEG 34KT 3977 8883 3924 8901
$$
BARKER2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 021515 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1014 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ILC021-115-021524- /O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080502T1545Z/ CHRISTIAN-MACON- 1014 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 1010 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3923 8904 3979 8874 3979 8847 3922 8847 TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 267DEG 34KT 3977 8870 3924 8891 $$ ILC139-173-021545- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080502T1545Z/ MOULTRIE-SHELBY- 1014 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR MOULTRIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES... AT 1010 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE CITY TO 5 MILES WEST OF COWDEN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... LOVINGTON... FINDLAY... COWDEN... WOLF CREEK STATE PARK... EAGLE CREEK STATE PARK... SULLIVAN... KIRKSVILLE... CLARKSBURG... MODE... CADWELL... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3923 8904 3979 8874 3979 8847 3922 8847 TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 267DEG 34KT 3977 8870 3924 8891 $$ BARKER
000 WWUS53 KILX 021545 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1045 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ILC139-173-021555- /O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080502T1545Z/ MOULTRIE-SHELBY- 1045 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MOULTRIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1045 AM CDT... AT 1044 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3923 8904 3979 8874 3979 8847 3922 8847 TIME...MOT...LOC 1515Z 267DEG 34KT 3977 8869 3924 8890 $$ BARKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 18 min |
| May 2, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 23 min |
| May 2, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 40 min |
| May 2, 9:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 23 min |
| May 2, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Piatt | 43 min |
| May 2, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.