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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 1:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
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.