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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 3, 2008Christian County, Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2008, 10:25 PM CDT for Christian County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 65 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: Jun 3, 2008, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2008, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Christian County, IL, Sangamon County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.9
Supercell composite: 14.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KILX 040325
SVRILX
ILC021-167-040430-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0113.080604T0325Z-080604T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1025 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

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 1130 PM CDT.

* AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
  NORTH OF DIVERNON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF VIRDEN...AND WAS
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROCHESTER...
  KINCAID...
  EDINBURG...
  MOUNT AUBURN...
  STONINGTON...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...PAWNEE AND CHATHAM.

IF YOU ARE 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 3953 8973 3973 8976 3981 8917 3980 8916
      3954 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 261DEG 26KT 3962 8963

$$

BARNES

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 040402
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1102 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILC167-040412-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080604T0430Z/
SANGAMON-
1102 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANGAMON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

AT 1057 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 3953 8954 3964 8954 3965 8949 3969 8949
      3969 8943 3974 8943 3976 8934 3979 8929
      3981 8917 3954 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 261DEG 26KT 3966 8929

$$

ILC021-040430-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080604T0430Z/
CHRISTIAN-
1102 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...

AT 1057 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3
MILES NORTH OF SHARPSBURG...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TAYLORVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  MOUNT AUBURN...
  STONINGTON...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3953 8954 3964 8954 3965 8949 3969 8949
      3969 8943 3974 8943 3976 8934 3979 8929
      3981 8917 3954 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 261DEG 26KT 3966 8929

$$

BARNES

000 
WWUS53 KILX 040424
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1124 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILC021-040434-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080604T0430Z/
CHRISTIAN-
1124 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3953 8954 3964 8954 3965 8949 3969 8949
      3969 8943 3974 8943 3976 8934 3979 8929
      3981 8917 3954 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 261DEG 26KT 3968 8909

$$

BARNES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	65 min
Jun 3, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard	59 min
Jun 3, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	42 min
Jun 3, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Sangamon	64 min
Jun 3, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon	40 min
Jun 3, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	50 min
Jun 3, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon	48 min
Jun 3, 8:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon and 1 more	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	47 min
Jun 3, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	60 min
Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Tazewell	58 min
Jun 3, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Sangamon	49 min
Jun 3, 9:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	6 hr
Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Sangamon	40 min
Jun 3, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	56 min
Jun 3, 9:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt and 1 more	6 hr
Jun 3, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	51 min
Jun 3, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	60 min
Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon	42 min
Jun 3, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	45 min
Jun 3, 10:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	6 hr
Jun 3, 10:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria	3 hr
Jun 3, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	51 min
Jun 3, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	63 min
Jun 3, 11:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	6 hr
Jun 4, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas	29 min
Jun 4, 12:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar	4 hr
Jun 4, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	42 min
Jun 4, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	42 min
Jun 4, 1:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Logan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell	2 hr
Jun 4, 2:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	49 min
Jun 4, 2:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Scott	14 hr
Jun 4, 3:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt	14 hr
Jun 4, 4:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	26 hr
Jun 4, 5:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford	16 min
Jun 4, 12:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Mason, Menard and 1 more	62 hr
Jun 4, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper	24 min
Jun 4, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	29 min
Jun 4, 2:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Vermilion	32 hr
Jun 4, 2:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	8 days
Jun 4, 4:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence, Scott	15 days
Jun 4, 5:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt, Richland	12 days
Jun 4, 5:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Crawford, Douglas, Edgar, Jasper and 1 more	9 days
Jun 4, 6:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt	12 hr
Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Scott	12 hr
Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Scott	12 hr

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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.