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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 16, 2006Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2006, 6:21 PM CST for Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 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
Feb 16, 2006, 6:21 PM CST (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2006, 6:54 PM CST
In force
33 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), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 16, 1:16 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -134 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 170022
SVRILX
ILC159-170115-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0013.060217T0021Z-060217T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
621 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 618 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  NOBLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF OLNEY...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 60
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OLNEY...
  DUNDAS...
  CLAREMONT...

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

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 3884 8826 3864 8827 3865 8793 3884 8795

$$

SMITH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KILX 170038
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
637 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

ILC159-170115-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060217T0115Z/
RICHLAND-
637 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST
FOR RICHLAND COUNTY...

AT 635 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR OLNEY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST. 

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 3884 8826 3864 8827 3865 8793 3884 8795

$$

SMITH
000 
WWUS53 KILX 170054
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
654 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

ILC159-170104-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060217T0115Z/
RICHLAND-
654 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICHLAND COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 652 PM CST...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 CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST. ADDITIONAL 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 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 3884 8826 3864 8827 3865 8793 3884 8795

$$

SMITH

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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.