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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 22, 2006Crawford County, Lawrence County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2006, 5:33 PM CDT for Crawford County, Lawrence County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 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
Sep 22, 2006, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crawford County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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
Sep 22, 1:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 2006-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2006-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 571 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
571 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
612 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 222233
SVRILX
ILC033-101-159-222315-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0310.060922T2233Z-060922T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
533 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF OLNEY...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHAUNCEY...
  SUMNER...
  HARDINVILLE...
  BIRDS...
  FLAT ROCK...
  NEW HEBRON...

A TORNADO WATCH IS 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 3874 8827 3858 8816 3880 8757 3904 8764

$$

BAK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KILX 222251
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
551 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

ILC159-222301-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060922T2315Z/
RICHLAND-
551 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICHLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 546 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 CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3896 8790 3869 8790 3880 8757 3904 8764

$$

ILC033-101-222315-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060922T2315Z/
CRAWFORD-LAWRENCE-
551 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CRAWFORD AND NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES...

AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAUNCEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF
OLNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  PINKSTAFF.
  BIRDS.
  FLAT ROCK.
  NEW HEBRON.

LAT...LON 3896 8790 3869 8790 3880 8757 3904 8764

$$

BAK
000 
WWUS53 KILX 222311
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
611 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

ILC033-101-222321-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060922T2315Z/
CRAWFORD-LAWRENCE-
611 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CRAWFORD AND NORTHERN
LAWRENCE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT...

AT 709 PM EDT...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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. REMAIN ALERT TO
THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3896 8790 3869 8790 3880 8757 3904 8764

$$

BAK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler46 min
Sep 22, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason, Tazewell47 min
Sep 22, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford35 min
Sep 22, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon45 min
Sep 22, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Scott26 min
Sep 22, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan43 min
Sep 22, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon40 min
Sep 22, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean52 min
Sep 22, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt50 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.