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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 7:36 PM CDT for Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2005, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Shelbyville, IL | TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KILX 270036 SVRILX ILC139-173-270115- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0134.050727T0036Z-050727T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 736 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FINDLAY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WINDSOR SULLIVAN ALLENVILLE SHELBYVILLE OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...STRASBURG...KIRKSVILLE AND TROWBRIDGE. 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 3959 8885 3923 8890 3928 8851 3965 8849 $$ HJS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 270050 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 750 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ILC139-173-270115- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-050727T0115Z/ SHELBY-MOULTRIE- 750 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR EASTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTIES... AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLENVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR SULLIVAN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3959 8885 3923 8890 3928 8851 3965 8849 $$ HJS
000 WWUS53 KILX 270115 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 814 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ILC139-173-270124- /O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-050727T0115Z/ SHELBY-MOULTRIE- 814 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTIES WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT... AT 809 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 12 AM. 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 3959 8885 3923 8890 3928 8851 3965 8849 $$ HJS
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 Jul 26, 3:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
305 PM CDT TUE JULY 26 2005
.DISCUSSION...
MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL IS ON THE HORIZON. THE QUESTIONS FOR TONIGHT
IS HOW LONG WILL IT LAST AND HOW MUCH WILL WE GET. COOLER AIR WILL
ACCOMPANY THE RAIN AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT
AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE RULE FOR
THE REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND...BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE
ALOT OF DRY AIR AND LITTLE CHANCE FOR RAIN.
SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED A FRONT FROM CHI-GBG TO A
LOW NEAR UIN. THIS WAVE WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT EARLY THIS EVENING
ENHANCING RAINFALL WEST OF THE IL RIVER. MOST OF RAIN IS
POST-FRONTAL WITH LIGHT SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED T-STORMS. A PRE-FRONTAL
TROF NEAR I-57 AND BETTER INSTABILITY WILL ALSO FOCUS SCATTERED
T-STORMS THIS EVENING...WITH MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN ANTICIPATED LATER
IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WITH THE HOT AND HUMID AIR IN PLACE
OVER SOUTHEAST IL AND PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED EARLY IN
THE EVENING...WILL KEEP THE HEAT ADVISORY GOING SOUTH OF I-70 UNTIL
7 PM.
THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SE IL BY WED MORNING.
SCATTERED POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF
A SHELBYVILLE-DANVILLE LINE DURING THE MORNING...AND SOUTH OF I-70
INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL ENJOY MUCH
COOLER CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING ACROSS THE STATE ON THURSDAY WILL
RESULT IN DRY CONDITIONS AND TEMPS IN THE LOWER 80S.
AN UPPER TROF IS EXPECTED TO SWING DOWN INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST LATER
ON THURSDAY...BRINGING A WEAK COLD FRONT TOWARD NORTHERN IL BY
EVENING. AS THIS FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES NW AND NCENT IL FRIDAY...
THERE COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS WITH THIS. WILL LEAVE OUT A MENTION IN
THE ZONE FORECAST FOR NOW...BUT WILL PUT A 20 POP IN THE GRIDS NORTH
OF A CANTON-PIA-EL PASO LINE. OTHERWISE...TEMPS TYPICAL FOR LATE
JULY AND A FEW CLOUDS ARE ANTICIPATED.
LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
HIGH PRESSURE AND AN EASTERLY FLOW WILL KEEP THE WEATHER DRY AND
TEMPS AT OR JUST ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE EXCEPTION MAY BE SOUTH OF I-70 WHERE PART OF A
WEAK UPPER TROF NEARLY STATIONARY IN THE TN VALLEY MAY RESULT IN
MORE CLOUDS AND SCTD SHOWERS IN SOUTHERN IL MON AND TUE AFTERNOONS.
AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY STAY FAR ENOUGH TO SOUTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA...SO WILL LEAVE OUT OF THE FORECAST AND GRIDS FOR NOW.
&&
.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70.
MILLERHazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 11:15 AM CDT, 8 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1115 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-271100- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA AND LAWRENCEVILLE 1116 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY MOIST AIRMASS TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...BUT THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-271100- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-FULTON-KNOX- LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA- PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION- WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...CHAMPAIGN...DANVILLE... DECATUR...GALESBURG...HAVANA...JACKSONVILLE...LINCOLN...MATTOON... PEORIA...SHELBYVILLE...SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE 1116 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA TODAY...BRINGING THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL LAST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM MIDDAY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
438 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0431 PM TSTM WND GST MORTON 40.61N 89.47W
07/26/2005 60 MPH TAZEWELL IL NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
HARDIMANLocal storm report, Jul 26, 5:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
504 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0431 PM TSTM WND DMG MORTON 40.61N 89.47W
07/26/2005 TAZEWELL IL NWS EMPLOYEE
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
&&
HARDIMANLocal storm report, Jul 26, 5:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
552 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND GST 3 N MACKINAW 40.58N 89.36W
07/26/2005 60 MPH TAZEWELL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
1 FOOT DIAMTER TREES DOWN ON DEE-MACK ROAD.
&&
MILLERLocal storm report, Jul 26, 6:50 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
650 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0641 PM TSTM WND DMG THOMASBORO 40.24N 88.19W
07/26/2005 CHAMPAIGN IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF BLOWN OFF OF HOUSE IN SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
&&
MILLERLocal storm report, Jul 26, 6:54 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
654 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG MONTICELLO 40.03N 88.57W
07/26/2005 PIATT IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
&&
MILLERLocal storm report, Jul 26, 7:05 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
705 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0702 PM TORNADO URBANA 40.11N 88.21W
07/26/2005 CHAMPAIGN IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TORNADO AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 130 AND HIGHWAY 150.
REPORTED BY THE URBANA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
&&
MILLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 22 min |
| Jul 26, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 20 min |
| Jul 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Jasper | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.