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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2007, 1:02 PM CST for Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 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
- Mar 1, 2007, 1:02 PM CST (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Piatt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:40 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 13 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
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 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 011902
SVRILX
ILC147-011945-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0013.070301T1902Z-070301T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
102 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 145 PM CST.
* AT 102 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE
LAND TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF CERRO GORDO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DECATUR...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEMENT...
DE LAND...
MONTICELLO...
WHITE HEATH...
MANSFIELD...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND 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 3981 8848 3979 8875 3989 8874 4010 8875
4010 8869 4011 8868 4015 8868 4029 8857
4029 8847
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 011920
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
121 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
ILC147-011945-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070301T1945Z/
PIATT-
121 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST
FOR PIATT COUNTY...
AT 118 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BEMENT TO 4
MILES NORTHEAST OF DE LAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES
SOUTH OF MONTICELLO TO 10 MILES NORTH OF MONTICELLO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...MANSFIELD AND WHITE HEATH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3981 8848 3982 8869 3992 8869 4014 8868
4029 8857 4029 8847
$$
BAK000
WWUS53 KILX 011941
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
141 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
ILC147-011951-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070301T1945Z/
PIATT-
141 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIATT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 145 PM
CST...
AT 139 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. REMAIN ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3981 8848 3982 8869 3992 8869 4014 8868
4029 8857 4029 8847
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 1:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 1:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 2:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 3:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 7:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 18 min |
| Mar 1, 7:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Sangamon | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 9:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 9:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 10:49 AM CST | High Wind Warning | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 12:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 12:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 12:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 1:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 1:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 25 hr |
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.