Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 11:08 AM CDT for Christian County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 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
- Apr 3, 2007, 11:08 AM CDT (16:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 11:31 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Christian County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 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 031608 SVRILX ILC021-167-031645- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0039.070403T1608Z-070403T1645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1108 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1145 AM CDT * AT 1108 AM 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 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDINBURG...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MOUNT AUBURN... EDINBURG... IF YOU IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING...BUT 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 3975 8954 3961 8950 3965 8915 3982 8923 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KILX 031634 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1131 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ILC029-041-139-031700- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-070403T1700Z/ COLES-DOUGLAS-MOULTRIE- 1131 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS...CENTRAL MOULTRIE AND NORTHWESTERN COLES COUNTIES... AT 1129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHESTERVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF TUSCOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL ARE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY NEAR ALLENVILLE. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... ALLENVILLE... COOKS MILLS... HUMBOLDT... CHESTERVILLE... ARCOLA... TUSCOLA... LAT...LON 3960 8870 3951 8861 3962 8813 3982 8827 $$ BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, McLean, Piatt | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Vermilion | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 10:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 12:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Richland | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.