Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2008, 12:40 PM CDT for Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2008, 12:40 PM CDT (17:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2008, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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 9, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 9, 10:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 10:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 11:58 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1158 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008 ILZ027>031-037-101100- KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 1158 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ADDRESSING THIS SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...SO STAY ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ036-040-041-047-048-101100- CASS-FULTON-MASON-MENARD-SCHUYLER- 1158 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ADDRESSING THIS SITUATION. WIDESPREAD FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS OVER MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS AND SANGAMON RIVER BASINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...SO STAY ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ042-044-049>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-101100- CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-LOGAN-MACON-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT- RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY- 1158 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LOCATIONS EAST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR TONIGHT...WHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL...ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL. BASED ON THE LATEST MESOANALYSIS...THE PRIMARY THREAT AREA FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF A DANVILLE...TO MATTOON...TO EFFINGHAM LINE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS ALONG MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS INCLUDING THE SANGAMON...ILLINOIS...EMBARRAS... WABASH...AND LITTLE WABASH RIVER BASINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...SO STAY ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM. ILZ038-043-045-046-101100- CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-MCLEAN-VERMILION- 1158 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LOCATIONS EAST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR TONIGHT...WHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL...ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL. BASED ON THE LATEST MESOANALYSIS...THE PRIMARY THREAT AREA FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF A DANVILLE...TO MATTOON...TO EFFINGHAM LINE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...SO STAY ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM. BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 15 min |
| Jun 9, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.