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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 8, 2005Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2005, 2:04 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 56 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: Jun 8, 2005, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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
Jun 8, 2:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Camden, IL	SMALL LIMBS DOWN IN CAMDEN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 minutes after it went out.

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
Jun 8, 12:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 546 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 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 081904
SVRILX
ILC169-082000-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0085.050608T1904Z-050608T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
204 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 159 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF LITTLETON TO HUNTSVILLE...OR ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACOMB TO 19 MILES WEST
  OF RUSHVILLE...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LITTLETON
  RUSHVILLE
  BROWNING

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 4027 9090 4012 9092 4011 9070 4003 9061
      4007 9046 4017 9029 4020 9049 4027 9048

$$

GOETSCH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 081945
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
245 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

ILC169-082000-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-050608T2000Z/
SCHUYLER-
245 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY...

AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BROWNING TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
BROWNING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  BROWNING.

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 4012 9049 4006 9055 4004 9059 3999 9053
      4008 9042 4018 9030 4018 9036 4015 9044

$$
GEELHART

000 
WWUS53 KILX 081958
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
258 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

ILC169-082008-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-050608T2000Z/
SCHUYLER-
258 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 300 PM CDT...

AT 256 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 9 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 4012 9049 4006 9055 4004 9059 3999 9053
      4008 9042 4018 9030 4018 9036 4015 9044

$$
GEELHART

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 Jun 8, 1:13 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:13 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
113 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

.DISCUSSION...
PROBLEM TODAY IS THE MCS TODAY AND LITTLE CHANGE IN THE LONG TERM.

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
MSAS DATA SHOWS VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF APPROACHING MCS.
STRONG COLD POOL DEVELOPED BEHIND IT. SEVERE POTENTIAL WITH BOW ECHO
ON FORWARD EDGE OF LINE THAT INTERSECTED WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT
PUSHED SOUTH FROM NORTHWEST IL STORMS.

NO CHANGES THROUGH FRIDAY...AS FRONT STAYS WEST OF AREA. DID NOT
CHANGE POPS AS UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIRMASS REMAINS IN REGION.

LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
NO CHANGES IN SITUATION THROUGH MONDAY. FOR TUESDAY, THE GFSLR
FINALLY BRINGS A SIGNIFICANT FRONT THROUGH STATE AND INTO THE EAST
COAST BY WEDNESDAY. FOREIGN MODELS ALL DO NOT DRIVE THE FRONT THAT
FAR AND WITH BERMUDA HIGH ANCHORED IN SOUTHEAST US, FEEL THE
AGGRESIVE FRONTAL MOVEMENT IS WAY OUT OF LINE. THEREFORE MODIFIED
WINDS ON TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY, PLUS INCREASED THE TEMPERATURES AND
DEW POINTS.

&&

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

GOETSCH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 11:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1112 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-091100-
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
1112 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF EAST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY AROUND
NOON TODAY...HOWEVER...THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL IOWA IS EXPECTED
TO TRACK SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIR MASS
AHEAD OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WITH THE PRIMARY
THREAT FROM THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON BEING FROM DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS AND A LESSER THREAT OF HAIL. AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE
ILLINOIS RIVER SHOULD SEE THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN BETWEEN 2 AND 4
PM...WITH LOCATIONS FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH SEEING THE STORMS DEVELOP
AFTER 4 PM. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SLOWLY
DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF WEAK WEATHER
DISTURBANCES INTERACTS WITH A VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER
THE MIDWEST. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ON
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ROUGHLY FROM 200 PM THROUGH 900 PM.

HARDIMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	66 min
Jun 8, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	66 min
Jun 8, 1:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Knox	30 min
Jun 8, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark	55 min
Jun 8, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	66 min
Jun 8, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	50 min
Jun 8, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Menard, Sangamon	56 min
Jun 8, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	61 min
Jun 8, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Jasper	63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.