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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2005, 5:55 PM CDT for Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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 19, 2005, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 6:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 19, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KILX 192256
SVRILX
ILC159-200000-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0065.050519T2255Z-050520T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
555 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLNEY...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLNEY
CALHOUN
CLAREMONT
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 3881 8812 3870 8816 3860 8811 3859 8792
3883 8792
$$
GOETSCH1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KILX 192326
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
626 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
ILC159-192336-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-050520T0000Z/
RICHLAND-
626 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3881 8812 3870 8816 3860 8811 3859 8792
3883 8792
$$
GOETSCHWhat 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 19, 3:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
304 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
.DISCUSSION...
MAIN CONCERNS ARE SEVERE THREAT INTO THIS EVENING, THEN COLD FRONTS
ON SUNDAY/SUN NIGHT AND THURS NIGHT. MODEL DIFFS ARE EVIDENT EVEN IN
THE SHORT TERM, WITH TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THE SURFACE PRES FIELDS
AND RESULTANT FORCING FOR PRECIP. THE NAM/CANADIAN GLOBAL HAVE PULLED
AHEAD IN TERMS OF HANDLING THE CURRENT SITUATION AND THE FLOW OF
FEATURES THROUGH 48-72 HRS. I USED THE NAM FOR THE DETAILS.
SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
AN H5 SHORTWAVE, AND THE LEFT EXIT OF AN H3 JET ARE COMING TOGETHER
TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF ACTIVE WEATHER ACROSS N AND SE IL THIS
AFTERNOON. THE 18Z SOUNDING FROM ILX INDICATED CAPE LEVELS OF 2600
J/KG, BUT ALSO SOME LOW LEVEL CIN TO OVERCOME IN OUR CENTRAL CWA. THE
BEST SHEAR ZONE WAS NORTH, AND THE BEST SFC BASED INSTABILITY WAS TO
THE SE. BOTH AREAS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN SVR T-STORM WATCHES THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. RUC PLOTS INDICATE LIS OF -4 TO -6 THROUGH 06Z, WITH
THE ILX SOUNDING CONFIRMING THAT AT -6. PLENTY OF MOISTURE
AVAILABLE, AS DEWPOINTS HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE UPPER 60S AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT. IN NW IL, BEHIND THE FRONT, DEWPTS HAVE DROPPED INTO THE
MID 50S. STORMS HAVE BEEN QUIET SO FAR FOR OUR AREA, BUT THE BEST
UPPER LEVEL FORCING HAS YET TO ENTER OUR CWA. WILL HIT TSTORMS
HARDER THIS EVENING, WITH MAINLY SHOWER ACTIVITY AFTER THE H5 TROF
AXIS PASSES SOUTH OF OUR CWA BY 12Z. A LINGERING CHANCE OF SHOWERS IS
EXPECTED UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING UNDER THE OCCLUDED TROF, DESPITE THE
PERSISTENT ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE AND MID/UPPER LEVEL DRYING. DRY
CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE TAKES
CONTROL. NOT AN OVERLY COLD AIRMASS BEHIND THIS SYSTEM, SO NOT MUCH
IN THE WAY OF INSTABILITY SHOWERS DUE TO INSOLATION EXPECTED EITHER
DAY.
LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THE FIRST OF TWO SHORTWAVES/COLD FRONTS REACHES OUR CWA ON SUNDAY.
THE MAIN H5 SHORTWAVE WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF OUR CWA. SOME
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND LOW CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS WILL
TRAVERSE OUR CWA JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT, AND WE CURRENTLY
HAVE 30 POPS TO COVER THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS. SOME
DISCONTINUITIES WITH THE SYSTEM CREATE SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE
CHANCES FOR PRECIP ON SUNDAY. THE COLD FRONT HAS A STRONG
BAROCLINIC ZONE AND MODERATE FGEN OVER OUR AREA. BUT...OUR AREA
WILL BE ON THE ANTICYCLONIC SHEAR SIDE OF THE H3 JET AS WELL AS
HAVING A LIMITED MOISTURE SUPPLY. SO I WILL NOT MAKE A MOVE EITHER
WAY WITH SUNDAY. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS ON TAP FOR NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT,
AS A STRONG WAVE FINALLY BREAKS DOWN THE BLOCKING PATTERN AND MOVES
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO CENTRAL ILL. GFS HAS SOME CONVECTIVE
FEEDBACK APPARENT IN THE OUTPUT, BUT ECMWF HAS INDICATIONS OF THE
WAVE PRODUCING SOME STORMS THAT DAY. PLENTY OF TIME TO FINE TUNE
THAT WAVE AT THIS POINT.
&&
.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...SVR TSTM WATCH #288 UNTIL 00Z (7PM CDT)
ILZ045-046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073
SVR TSTM WATCH #290 UNTIL 02Z (9PM CDT)
ILZ027>031-036>038
SHIMONHazardous weather outlook, May 19, 11:33 AM CDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1133 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ILZ045-046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-201100- CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...DANVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE...MATTOON AND SHELBYVILLE 1133 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CDT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM AROUND NOON TIME THROUGH 8 PM... WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES MAY BRING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...AND AGAIN AROUND TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>044-047>053-201100- CASS-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN- MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL- WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...DECATUR...GALESBURG... HAVANA...JACKSONVILLE...LINCOLN...PEORIA... SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE 1133 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM AROUND NOON TIME THROUGH 8 PM... WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES MAY BRING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...AND AGAIN AROUND TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. HARDIMAN
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 19, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
401 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0343 PM HAIL NOBLE 38.70N 88.22W
05/19/2005 1.00 INCH RICHLAND IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPT.
0358 PM HAIL 1 N BRIDGEPORT 38.72N 87.76W
05/19/2005 0.75 INCH LAWRENCE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPT.
&&
GEELHARTLocal storm report, May 19, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
402 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0654 AM TSTM WND DMG STONINGTON 39.64N 89.19W
05/19/2005 CHRISTIAN IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWN IN STONINGTON.
&&
GEELHARTLocal storm report, May 19, 4:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
414 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM HAIL CALHOUN 38.65N 88.04W
05/19/2005 0.75 INCH RICHLAND IL PUBLIC
&&
GEELHARTLocal storm report, May 19, 5:49 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
549 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0542 PM TSTM WND GST 8 W PRINCEVILLE 40.93N 89.91W
05/19/2005 60 MPH PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTED BY ESDA.
&&
GEELHARTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 48 min |
| May 19, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 16 min |
| May 19, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 53 min |
| May 19, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 56 min |
| May 19, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 61 min |
| May 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 60 min |
| May 19, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 60 min |
| May 19, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 57 min |
| May 19, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 49 min |
| May 19, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 35 min |
| May 19, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 67 min |
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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.