Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

May 12, 1998, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)

Expired

May 12, 1998, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties

County McLean County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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ILC113-130400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1004 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS


* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 10 PM CDT LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  3 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS AROUND...
  HUDSON
  TAWANDA
  LEXINGTON
  CHENOA

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MOVE TO A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES AT ANY TIME.

FRIEDERS

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 12, 2:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 4 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
200 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1998

AT 18Z SFC COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM CNTRIL IA INTO ERN KS.  LOW PRESS
AREA EVIDENT SOUTH OF MCI.  SAT TRENDS SHOW CU FIELD OVR WRN AND CNTRL
MO ALONG MOISTURE AXIS THAT EXTENDS INTO NRN MO.  DWPTS PRIMARLY IN MID
TO UPPER 60S ALONG THIS AXIS.  SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING INDICATED CAPE
AROUND 1600 WITH LI AT -5.  AMPLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN
AREA...JUST WAITING FOR STRONG BOUNDARY TO INTERACT WITH THEM.  ADAP
INDICATES NO CAP BUT 18Z SOUNDING SHOWED WEAK CAP OF 2.8...WHICH
SHOULDNT BE HARD TO OVERCOME WITH ADDITIONAL HEATING AND MOISTURE THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.  MAIN CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP IN MO AND
THEN ADVECT INTO OUR AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
THEREFORE THUNDERSTORM CHC STILL CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING AND NIGHT-
TIME HOURS AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH AREA.  WINDS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH AT
ATLEAST 10 TO 20 MPH...THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND THEN WEST AS FRONT
MOVES IN.

FRONT STALLS OUT OVER NRN PART OF CWA TOMORROW WHICH WILL PROVIDE WEAK
FOCUS FOR MORE CONVECTION TOMORROW AFTERNOON...THOUGH SLIGHT CHC AT THAT
DUE TO WEAK DYNAMICS AND FOCUS.  INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE REMAIN
SUFFICIENT FOR TOMORROW AFTN AND INTO EVE HOURS.

CONT WAA AND LIGHT WINDS WILL FIGHT TO CONTROL TEMPS TONIGHT.  GUIDANCE
LOOKS REASONABLE WITH CLEAR SKIES.  TOM WARMER THAN TODAY AS MOST OF CWA
REMAINS SOUTH OF STALLED FRONT.  FWC AGAIN LOOKS OK.

FIRST PERIOD INPUT COMING SHORTLY.

PIA  58/83  43
SPI  61/85  43
DEC  60/85  43
CMI  60/85  43
LWV  63/87  43

AUTEN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.