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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 13, 2005Clark County, Crawford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2005, 8:01 PM CDT for Clark County, Crawford County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 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: May 13, 2005, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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
May 13, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 1542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 140101
SVRILX
ILC023-033-140200-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0056.050514T0101Z-050514T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
801 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLAIR...OR
  ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROBINSON...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EATON
  HUTSONVILLE
  WEST UNION

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ANNAPOLIS...ORANGE AND WEST
YORK.

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 3919 8801 3917 8796 3901 8794 3904 8761
      3930 8761 3924 8800

$$

AUTEN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 140124
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
824 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

ILC023-033-140200-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-050514T0200Z/
CRAWFORD-CLARK-
824 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES...

AT 819 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ANNAPOLIS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROBINSON...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  ANNAPOLIS.
  EATON.
  HUTSONVILLE.
  WEST UNION.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BELLAIR...ORANGE AND WEST YORK.

HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BELLAIR WITH THIS STORM. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO 
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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 3919 8801 3917 8796 3901 8794 3904 8761
      3930 8761 3924 8800

$$

AUTEN

000 
WWUS53 KILX 140159
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
859 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

ILC023-033-140209-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-050514T0200Z/
CRAWFORD-CLARK-
859 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHERN
CLARK COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 900 PM CDT...

AT 854 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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 3919 8801 3917 8796 3901 8794 3904 8761
      3930 8761 3924 8800

$$

AUTEN

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 May 13, 2:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 2:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
250 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...COVERAGE OF CONVECTION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AND
LINGERING RAIN CHANCES ON SATURDAY THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES.
NAM ONCE AGAIN THE MODEL OF CHOICE...AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM...
AS THE GFS SUFFERING FEEDBACK PROBLEMS WITH SECOND SHORTWAVE FCST TO
PUSH ACRS THE MIDWEST TNT. FURTHER OUT...WILL TAKE THE LESS
PROGRESSIVE...MORE AMPLIFIED LOOK OF THE ECMWF.

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...
LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATING WEAK LOW PRESSURE SW OF CHICAGO
WITH BNDRY EXTENDING SOUTHWARD THRU EASTERN ILLINOIS. VERY MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS AHEAD OF BNDRY THIS AFTN WITH SB CAPES IN THE
1500-2000 J/KG RANGE. SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES FROM MATTOON AND
SE OF EFFINGHAM...NE TO PARIS. FURTHER WEST...SFC WINDS HAVE BECOME
MORE WESTERLY WITH DEW POINTS MIXING DOWN INTO THE UPPER 50S TO
LOWER 60S. NEXT SHORTWAVE/SPEED MAX SEEN ON WATER VAPOR LOOP FROM
ACRS EASTERN KS AND OK WITH CONVECTION ONGOING TO ITS EAST EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND AS THAT FEATURE PUSHES INTO THE MIDWEST...EXPECT
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
FCST AREA OVERNIGHT WITH FAVORABLE UPPER DIFLUENCE ASSOCIATED WITH
RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF 300 MB JET. PWAT VALUES IN THE 1.00-1.25 INCH
RANGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FCST AREA SO BEST BET FOR HEAVY
RAINS WILL BE ASSOCIATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT.

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY IN THE FAR
SOUTHEAST AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHIFTS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
STATE...WHILE FURTHER NORTH...A SECONDARY SHORTWAVE DROPS SE INTO
THE LAKES BRINGING MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWER CHANCES TO THE REMAINDER
OF THE FCST AREA. SHOWER CHANCES FROM THE NRN STREAM SHORTWAVE SHOULD
DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY MORNING...HOWEVER...ANOTHER VERY COOL AIR
MASS FOR MAY WILL BE SETTLING INTO THE REGION FOR THE REST OF THE
WEEKEND WITH 850 TEMPS FCST TO DROP TO OR JUST BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY
TUESDAY WITH COOL BUT DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS CNTRL AND SE IL.

LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
UPPER TROF ACRS THE LAKES REGION WHICH WILL BRING OUR COOL DOWN THIS
WEEKEND...SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY LIFT ACRS EASTERN CANADA AS RIDGING
TAKES HOLD ACRS THE MIDWEST EARLY NEXT WEEK. NEXT SHORTWAVE FCST TO
DROP INTO THE LAKES ON TUESDAY WITH WARM ADVECTION PATTERN PRODUCING
SCT CONVECTION ACRS THE NRN PLAINS AND LAKES REGION LATE TUESDAY AND
AFFECTION OUR AREA TUESDAY NIGHT THRU WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NEW MODEL RUNS
SUGGEST A SLOWER MORE AMPLIFIED UPPER WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SFC SYSTEM
MIDWEEK WHICH MAY KEEP THE SHOWER THREAT GOING A BIT LONGER IN PARTS
OF CNTRL OR SE IL INTO THU. FOR NOW...WILL INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE IN
GRIDS FOR THU.

&&

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

&&

SMITH

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 10:30 AM CDT, 9 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1030 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-141100-
CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-
DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-FULTON-JASPER-KNOX-LAWRENCE-LOGAN-
MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT-
RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-
WOODFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...CHAMPAIGN...DANVILLE...
DECATUR...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...GALESBURG...HAVANA...JACKSONVILLE...
LAWRENCEVILLE...LINCOLN...MATTOON...PEORIA...SHELBYVILLE...
SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE
1030 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM 3 PM
THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE LIKELY FROM THE
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.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.

KH

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
617 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

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

0612 PM     HAIL             PHILO                   40.00N 88.16W
05/13/2005  0.75 INCH        CHAMPAIGN          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

Local storm report, May 13, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
630 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

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

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALTAMONT                39.06N 88.75W
05/13/2005                   EFFINGHAM          IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN ALTAMONT

&&

KELLY

Local storm report, May 13, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
658 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

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

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W OAKWOOD             40.11N 87.80W
05/13/2005                   VERMILION          IL   PUBLIC

            TWO BARNS AND A SHED BLOWN DOWN. PUBLIC REPORT...VIA
            VERMILION CO EMERGENCY MANAGER.

&&

KELLY

Local storm report, May 13, 7:11 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
711 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DIETERICH               39.06N 88.38W
05/13/2005                   EFFINGHAM          IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.

&&

KELLY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark	43 min
May 13, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Jasper	52 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.