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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 30, 2005Marshall County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2005, 5:32 PM CST for Marshall County, Woodford 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: Mar 30, 2005, 5:32 PM CST (23:32 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2005, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Marshall County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 30, 12:55 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 299 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 302333
SVRILX
ILC123-203-310030-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0013.050330T2332Z-050331T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
532 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 530 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRING BAY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  PEORIA...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WASHBURN
  LACON
  VARNA
  TOLUCA
  WENONA

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...HOPEWELL...LA ROSE...
CAZENOVIA AND LOW POINT.

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 4104 8907 4076 8942 4077 8951 4081 8956
      4088 8949 4092 8949 4095 8945 4099 8948
      4111 8935 4110 8934 4111 8907

$$

BAK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 302351
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
551 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

ILC123-203-310030-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050331T0030Z/
WOODFORD-MARSHALL-
551 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD AND EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...

AT 547 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LACON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  LACON.
  SPARLAND.
  WASHBURN.
  VARNA.
  TOLUCA.
  WENONA.

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 4104 8907 4076 8942 4077 8951 4081 8956
      4088 8949 4092 8949 4095 8945 4099 8948
      4111 8935 4110 8934 4111 8907

$$

BAK

000 
WWUS53 KILX 310004
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
603 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

ILC123-203-310013-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050331T0030Z/
WOODFORD-MARSHALL-
603 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD AND
EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 601 PM 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 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 4104 8907 4076 8942 4077 8951 4081 8956
      4088 8949 4092 8949 4095 8945 4099 8948
      4111 8935 4110 8934 4111 8907

$$

BAK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 12:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	66 min
Mar 30, 1:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox, Peoria, Stark	67 min
Mar 30, 1:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria	62 min
Mar 30, 2:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	42 min
Mar 30, 2:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	34 min
Mar 30, 3:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall, Woodford	31 min
Mar 30, 3:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Woodford	34 min
Mar 30, 3:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	25 min
Mar 30, 3:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	48 min
Mar 30, 3:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	48 min
Mar 30, 4:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan	38 min
Mar 30, 4:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	48 min
Mar 30, 4:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	56 min
Mar 30, 4:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Shelby	49 min
Mar 30, 5:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Piatt	44 min
Mar 30, 5:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, McLean	35 min
Mar 30, 5:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell	47 min
Mar 30, 5:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	36 min
Mar 30, 5:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Woodford	39 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.