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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2006, 8:26 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 64 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
- Jul 2, 2006, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2006, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County McLean County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1526 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KILX 030126 SVRILX ILC113-030230- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0252.060703T0126Z-060703T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 826 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT. * AT 826 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF MCLEAN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MCLEAN... HEYWORTH... DOWNS... LE ROY... IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER TREES OR PICNIC SHELTERS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS COMMON IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. 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 4045 8927 4028 8927 4028 8872 4046 8872 $$ AUTEN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 030156 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 856 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2006 ILC113-030230- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060703T0230Z/ MCLEAN- 856 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY... AT 852 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF DOWNS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... HOLDER. LE ROY. ELLSWORTH. IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER TREES OR PICNIC SHELTERS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS COMMON IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LAT...LON 4045 8907 4028 8909 4028 8872 4046 8872 $$ AUTEN
000 WWUS53 KILX 030223 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 923 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2006 ILC113-030233- /O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060703T0230Z/ MCLEAN- 923 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930 PM CDT... AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4045 8907 4028 8909 4028 8872 4046 8872 $$ AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 50 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.