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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT for Coles County, Cumberland County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
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, 5 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 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, 9 hours 30 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, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 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, 1 hour 51 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, 1 hour 40 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.
&&
MILLERLocal storm report, Jul 26, 7:55 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
755 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM TSTM WND DMG BLOOMINGTON 40.48N 88.97W
07/26/2005 MCLEAN IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
&&
MILLERLocal storm report, Jul 26, 8:00 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
800 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
TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF.
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 39.85N 88.93W
07/26/2005 MACON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY THE COUNTY SHERIFF.
&&
MILLERLocal storm report, Jul 26, 8:37 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
837 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
0431 PM TSTM WND DMG MORTON 40.61N 89.47W
07/26/2005 TAZEWELL IL NWS EMPLOYEE
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
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.
0535 PM TSTM WND DMG BLOOMINGTON 40.48N 88.97W
07/26/2005 MCLEAN IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 39.85N 88.93W
07/26/2005 MACON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY THE COUNTY SHERIFF.
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG MONTICELLO 40.03N 88.57W
07/26/2005 PIATT IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG MONTICELLO 40.03N 88.57W
07/26/2005 PIATT IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF.
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.
&&
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, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 50 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2005Every 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.