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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2008, 4:39 PM CDT for Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2008, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hoopeston, IL | SEVERAL 3 TO 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS AND ONE POWER POLE WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Jun 15, 4:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | Hoopeston, IL | |
| Jun 15, 4:58 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Hoopeston, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 15, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KILX 152138
SVRILX
ILC019-183-152215-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0159.080615T2139Z-080615T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
439 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.
* AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
RANKIN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAXTON...AND WAS MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROSSVILLE...
HOOPESTON...
ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...POTOMAC.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...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 4019 8754 4021 8796 4041 8796 4041 8795
4048 8795 4049 8794 4049 8753 4019 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 288DEG 48KT 4037 8782
$$
AUTEN/GEELHARTWhat 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 15, 2:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 234 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 234 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND POINTS UPSTREAM. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM LAKE SUPERIOR INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MEANWHILE...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...THROUGH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA. CLOSER TO HOME...ANOTHER OUTFLOW WAS JUST NORTH OF A LINE FROM QUINCY TO CHAMPAIGN. THE ONGOING AND YET TO DEVELOP CONVECTION ALONG THESE BOUNDARIES THROUGH TONIGHT IS THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ONCE THE ABOVE MENTIONED COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT...QUIETER AND COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. NOT SURPRISINGLY...THE MODELS ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE ONGOING CONVECTION AND WILL NOT BE OF SIGNIFICANT USE TONIGHT. OTHERWISE... 12Z MODELS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO FEATURES EXPECTED TO IMPACT REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES GENERALLY CLOSE/REASONABLE...SO WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... TONIGHT...EXPECT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO TRACK EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA INTO EARLY EVENING...ASSOCIATED WITH CURRENT STRONG COMPLEX. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO AN AREA WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES AND WITH FAIRLY STRONG UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND SHEAR PROFILES. THE PREDOMINANT THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONAL SHOWER/STORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION LATER TONIGHT...BUT THE EXTENT AND POTENTIAL SEVERITY OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DETERMINED BY HOW MUCH STABILIZATION OCCURS DUE TO THE ONGOING STORMS. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY EARLY MONDAY AS SURFACE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OF THE REGION. THEN...FAIRLY DEEP UPPER TROFFING OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST AND ALLOW THE UPPER FLOW OVER THE FORECAST AREA TO BECOME NEUTRAL. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION AT THE SURFACE AS A RESULT. THESE FEATURES WILL PROVIDE US WITH QUIET AND COOLER CONDITIONS. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...MODEL/ENSEMBLE AGREEMENT REMAINS PRETTY GOOD THROUGH THE PERIOD. TROFFING OVER EASTERN NORTH AMERICA AND RIDGING OVER THE PLAINS WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST WITH TIME...ALLOWING A GRADUAL MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. WE WILL ALSO BE AT GREATER RISK OF IMPULSES RIDING THE TOP OF THE RIDGE AND BRINGING US PRECIPITATION CHANCE HEADING INTO THE END OF THE WEEK. THE DETAILS ON THE PRECIPITATION RISK IS STILL TRICKY...SO WILL NOT GO ABOVE A SLIGHT CHANCE MENTION AT THIS TIME FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY. BAK && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1250 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 STRONG TO SEVERE SQUALL LINE OVER SE IA AND NW MO FROM SW OF THE QUAD CITIES TO KC TO RACE EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL IL TAF SITES DURING THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS TO AFFECT PIA/SPI BY 20Z...DEC AND SPI BY 21Z AND CMI BY 22Z. HAVE WIND GUSTS OF 45 KTS WITH 1 MILE VSBY FROM HEAVY RAIN AND CEILINGS OF 2500 FT. AFTER A ONE TO TWO HOUR PERIOD OF THE SQUALL LINE...HAVE A COUPLE HOUR PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING TIL 00Z TO 02Z. THEN VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL AGAIN REST OF TONIGHT AND MON MORNING. SW WINDS AROUND 10 TO 12 KTS TO TURN NW AS THE COLD FRONT OVER SE WI/IA INTO NW MO TO PASS SE THRU CENTRAL IL THIS EVENING. QUIETER WX EXPECTED MON WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS ABOVE 3K FT AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER MT SETTLES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. HUETTL && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 3:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 311 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-161100- CASS-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD- MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 311 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST BEFORE SUNSET AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH. INTERESTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM HAVANA TO BEARDSTOWN WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IN ADDITION...ALONG THE SANGAMON RIVER...AREAS AROUND CHANDLERVILLE WILL BE SEEING SOME MINOR FLOODING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED UNTIL 7 PM. ILZ044>046-052>057-061-161100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT- SHELBY-VERMILION- 311 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNSET. THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER SUNSET AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH SUNSET. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-161100- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 311 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARDS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATE TODAY BRINGING AN INCREASING THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND EDGE OUT OF OUR AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA. EXTENSIVE RUNOFF FLOODING FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER MANY AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THEIR BANKS INCLUDING THE WABASH...LITTLE WABASH...AND EMBARRAS RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY MONDAY MORNING BUT IT APPEARS THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED BETWEEN 5 AND 9 PM. HUETTL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:07 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
407 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM TSTM WND GST CANTON 40.56N 90.04W
06/15/2008 E70.00 MPH FULTON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
BAKLocal storm report, Jun 15, 4:12 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
412 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0334 PM TSTM WND DMG EUREKA 40.72N 89.28W
06/15/2008 WOODFORD IL STORM CHASER
POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
&&
BAKLocal storm report, Jun 15, 4:13 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
413 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG GOODFIELD 40.63N 89.27W
06/15/2008 WOODFORD IL TRAINED SPOTTER
8 INCH TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.
&&
BAKLocal storm report, Jun 15, 4:15 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
415 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG BARTONVILLE 40.64N 89.66W
06/15/2008 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. FROM PEORIA COUNTY
ESDA.
0410 PM HAIL 3 NW NIANTIC 39.88N 89.21W
06/15/2008 E0.88 INCH MACON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SMALL BRANCHES ALSO BLOWN DOWN.
&&
BAKLocal storm report, Jun 15, 4:29 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
429 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0427 PM HAIL ARGENTA 39.99N 88.82W
06/15/2008 E0.75 INCH MACON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
BAKLocal storm report, Jun 15, 4:37 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
437 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0402 PM TSTM WND GST DOWNS 40.40N 88.87W
06/15/2008 M67 MPH MCLEAN IL MESONET
&&
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper | 48 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 48 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Logan, Mason, Peoria, Schuyler, Tazewell | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Piatt, Tazewell, Woodford | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.