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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 13, 2005Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2005, 8:17 PM CDT for Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 58 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: Jun 13, 2005, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 13, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 13, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 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: 1265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 140117
SVRILX
ILC045-140215-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0109.050614T0117Z-050614T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
817 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 6 MILES WEST OF PALERMO TO BROCTON TO 14 MILES WEST OF
  KANSAS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF TUSCOLA TO
  15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUSCOLA TO CHARLESTON...AND WAS MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KANSAS
  HUME
  BROCTON
  REDMON
  PARIS
  VERMILION
  CHRISMAN

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...METCALF...BORTON...SCOTTLAND
AND EDGAR.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE 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 3987 8790 3969 8796 3951 8796 3952 8758
      3977 8757 3987 8760

$$

BARNES

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 140155
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
855 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

ILC045-140215-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0109.000000T0000Z-050614T0215Z/
EDGAR-
855 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR EDGAR
COUNTY...

AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SCOTTLAND TO PARIS TO KANSAS...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF PARIS TO PARIS TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  HUME.
  CHRISMAN.
  PARIS.
  VERMILION.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE 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 3987 8790 3969 8796 3951 8796 3952 8758
      3977 8757 3987 8760

$$

BARNES

000 
WWUS53 KILX 140214
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
914 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

ILC045-140224-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0109.000000T0000Z-050614T0215Z/
EDGAR-
914 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EDGAR COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM
CDT...

AT 907 PM CDT...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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. REMAIN 
ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER.

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 3987 8790 3969 8796 3951 8796 3952 8758
      3977 8757 3987 8760

$$

BARNES

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 3:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
300 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
MORNING CONVECTION OVER MISSOURI HAS WEAKENED AS IT MOVED INTO
CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AIRMASS IS QUITE UNSTABLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
RESULTING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...AND NEW COVECTION HAS RECENTLY
DEVELOPED ALONG THIS LINE FROM EAST OF ST LOUIS TO NORTHWEST OF
PADUCAH. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE
EVENING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH THE AIRMASS HAS
STABILIZED FURTHER NORTH...RECOVERY SHOULD TAKE PLACE WITH TIME AS
THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF SUNSHINE LEFT. THEREFORE EXPECT THE
NEW CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI TO INCREASE AND MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD JACKSONVILLE AND SPRINGFIELD. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS ALSO EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND
EASTERN IOWA...WHICH WILL AFFECT OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES.
OVERALL...THE EXPERIMENTAL WRF MODEL HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THINGS AND
WILL FOLLOW ITS LEAD TONIGHT. WILL CARRY LIKELY POPS EVERYWHERE THIS
EVENING...FOLLOWED BY DECREASING POPS WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THE NEW 18Z ETA AGREES WITH THE OLD GFS IN PUSHING THE MAIN COLD
FRONT THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING. UNTIL THEN...WILL HOLD ON TO
CHANCE POPS FOR SOME MORNING SHOWERS IN THE EASTERN AREAS. DURING
THE AFTERNOON...THE UPPER LOW WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS WHICH WILL CAUSE THE AIRMASS TO BECOME SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE
DUE TO COLD ADVECTION ALOFT. HOW MUCH OF THIS POTENTIAL INSTABLILITY
WE SEE WILL DEPEND HEAVILY ON HOW LONG THE CLOUDS HANG ON...BUT IT
IS WORTH KEEPING 20 POPS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES
ON WEDNESDAY...WITH A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS OVERSPREADING
ILLINOIS IN ITS WAKE.

LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
LARGE SURFACE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME INTRENCHED OVER THE
MIDWEST AS THE UPPER PATTERN TRANSITIONS INTO A RIDGE-WEST/
TROUGH-EAST CONFIGURATION. THIS WILL PROVIDE TEMPERATURES AT MORE
SEASONABLE READINGS. ALTHOUGH THE RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK...SLOW AIRMASS MODIFICATION WILL LEAD TO SLOWLY
RISING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED DURING THIS TIMEFRAME.

&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...NONE.

04

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 10:45 AM CDT, 9 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1045 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>042-047>051-141100-
CASS-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-
SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...GALESBURG...HAVANA...
JACKSONVILLE...LINCOLN...PEORIA AND SPRINGFIELD
1045 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS
COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...WILL SET
THE STAGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS. THESE
STORMS WILL BE MORE LIKELY WEST OF I-55 WHERE THE POSSIBILITIES OF
TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE HIGHER THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS
THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME BOW SHAPED...WITH A
HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF DAMAGING WINDS FROM THOSE STORMS. WINDS MAY
REACH OVER 70 MPH IN THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL KEEP SHOWERS ACROSS
MUCH OF ILLINOIS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP IN THE COOLER AIR...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. DRY
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
TAKES CONTROL OF THE WEATHER PATTERN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED AFTER 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT

ILZ043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-141100-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT-
DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-
RICHLAND-SHELBY-VERMILION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...DANVILLE...DECATUR...
EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE...MATTOON...
SHELBYVILLE AND TAYLORVILLE
1045 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FOR ALL OF EASTERN ILLINOIS. A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS
COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS...WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK
OF TORNADOES WEST OF I-55. THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME BOW SHAPED...WITH A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF DAMAGING
WINDS FROM THOSE STORMS. WINDS MAY REACH OVER 70 MPH IN THE
STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL KEEP SHOWERS ACROSS
MUCH OF ILLINOIS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP IN THE COOLER AIR...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. DRY
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
TAKES CONTROL OF THE WEATHER PATTERN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATE
INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LINCOLN. THIS ADDRESS IS ALL IN LOWER CASE.

SHIMON/HUETTL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
717 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0706 PM     TSTM WND GST     DECATUR                 39.85N 88.93W
06/13/2005  58 MPH           MACON              IL   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

CHS

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:24 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
724 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0717 PM     HAIL             1 N BELLFLOWER          40.35N 88.53W
06/13/2005  1.75 INCH        MCLEAN             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

CHS

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:37 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
737 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0623 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHATHAM                 39.67N 89.70W
06/13/2005                   SANGAMON           IL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN TOWN, SOME MINOR HOUSE DAMAGE.

&&

CHS

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:53 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
753 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLINTON                 40.15N 88.96W
06/13/2005                   DE WITT            IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY...SOME ON CARS.

0705 PM     HAIL             CLINTON                 40.15N 88.96W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        DE WITT            IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

CHS

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:58 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
758 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0647 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NIANTIC                 39.85N 89.17W
06/13/2005                   MACON              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0653 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WARRENSBURG             39.93N 89.06W
06/13/2005                   MACON              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0658 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DECATUR                 39.85N 88.93W
06/13/2005                   MACON              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF BLOWN OFF BUSINESS.

&&

CHS

Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:03 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
803 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MAHOMET                 40.19N 88.40W
06/13/2005                   CHAMPAIGN          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

CHS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	40 min
Jun 13, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Moultrie, Shelby	55 min
Jun 13, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon, Piatt	24 min
Jun 13, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	64 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas	50 min
Jun 13, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles	41 min
Jun 13, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	64 min
Jun 14, 1:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Macon, Piatt	6 hr
Jun 14, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.