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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2008, 8:09 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 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
- May 30, 2008, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 8:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1830 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 310109 SVRILX ILC183-310200- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0074.080531T0109Z-080531T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 809 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT. * AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DANVILLE TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 33 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL VERMILION COUNTY... 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. 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 3991 8755 3991 8758 3990 8776 4014 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 298DEG 29KT 4002 8752 3989 8771 $$ CHURCHILL
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 310126
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
826 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
ILC183-310200-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-080531T0200Z/
VERMILION-
826 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY...
AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF GEORGETOWN
TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
11 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 33 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3991 8755 3990 8776 4014 8754 4010 8754
4009 8755 4008 8754 4004 8755 4003 8754
3993 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 298DEG 29KT 3998 8751 3988 8771
$$
CHURCHILL000
WWUS53 KILX 310148
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
848 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
ILC183-310158-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-080531T0200Z/
VERMILION-
848 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
AT 945 PM EDT/845 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.
A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM. BE
ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3991 8755 3990 8776 4014 8754 4010 8754
4009 8755 4008 8754 4004 8755 4003 8754
3993 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 298DEG 29KT 3990 8731 3980 8751
$$
CHURCHILLWhat 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 May 30, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 645 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 157 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LEFT OVER FROM OVERNIGHTS CONVECTION. HOW LONG THIS LASTS IS THE FIRST ISSUE FOR THE FORECAST...NEXT WILL BE A SHORTWAVE MOVING OUT OF THE WEST MONDAY NIGHT ALONG QUASI ZONAL FLOW THAT SETS UP ACROSS THE MIDSECTION OF THE CONUS THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. WENT WITH THE MORE CONSERVATIVE ECMWF FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST...THOUGH THE MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH DAY 5. BEYOND THAT...WAS VERY CONSERVATIVE IN PUTTING TOO MUCH WEATHER IN...WHICH CORRESPONDED TO THE ECMWF...WHEN THERE IS A MASSIVE PARTING OF SOLUTIONS IN THE EXTENDED. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE STORMS FIRE ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MAKING ITS WAY SWD THROUGH THE CWA. WINDS AND HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT THE STORMS WILL BE FIRING OFF OF DESTABILIZED AIR FROM DIURNAL HEATING. BTWN THE FORWARD MOTION AND THE WARM AIR... STORMS SHOULD BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72 BY MIDNIGHT. INCREASED THE WIND GUSTS A BIT BEHIND THE SYSTEM AS TODAYS CONVECTION HAS BEEN LEAVING SOME TIGHT GRADIENT WINDS WITH THE RESULTING WAKE LOW. FRONT MOVES THROUGH IN THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES FOR SATURDAY WILL NOT BE COLD. HIGHS INTO THE LOWER 80S. TIME HEIGHTS HAVE VERY NARROW RIBBON OF RH IN THE LOW LEVELS. OTHERWISE...A RATHER DRY COLUMN SHOULD WARM QUICKLY AND HELP MIX OUT. AS A RESULT...WENT A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE CLOUDS FOR THE FORECAST. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DRY AND RATHER WARM. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MODELS IN THE ONSET OF MONDAY. THE ECMWF ACTUALLY MAINTAINS TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS COLLIDING...WAA SHOWERS OUT OF THE SOUTH...AND A WAVE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST...AND IS SOMEWHAT SLOWER TO MERGE THEM...WITH THE NORTHERN WAVE HITTING FIRST. FOR PERSISTENCE SAKE...AM GOING WITH THE ECMWF. CHANCES INCREASING MONDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUING FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS WAA CONTINUES OVER THE AREA. DRYING OUT WEDNESDAY. AT THIS POINT KEEPING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DRY AS GFS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PATTERN THIS FAR OUT...AND THE ECMWF IS HINTING AT AN ATTEMPT AT A PATTERN CHANGE...GOING INTO A FAR MORE AMPLIFIED FLOW. && .AVIATION... ISSUED 637 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 SEVERE WEATHER IN CWA AT THE MOMENT. WILL BE BRIEF. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS FIRING ALONG OLD BOUNDARY FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION. ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KTS... AND LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT SHOULD EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO THE SOUTH. LIFR CONDITIONS WITH... SCATTERING OUT BEHIND THE FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT. EVENTUALLY GOING TO VFR CONDITIONS BTWN 08Z AND 12Z. HJS && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 301 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ILZ037-038-041>057-061>063-066-311100- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-COLES-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT-DOUGLAS- EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-LOGAN-MACON-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE- PIATT-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY-TAZEWELL-VERMILION- 301 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY TORNADO THREAT WILL BE IN THE AREA FROM WINCHESTER THROUGH SPRINGFIELD AND LINCOLN TO THE BLOOMINGTON AND CHAMPAIGN AREAS FROM 4 PM TO 8 PM. OTHER AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO. ALL OF THE SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA AFTER 9 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON TUESDAY...SO KEEP ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS AS THE THREAT BECOMES BETTER DEFINED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING. ILZ067-068-071>073-311100- CLAY-CRAWFORD-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 301 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL BECOME SEVERE AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNSET. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD MOVE PAST THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON TUESDAY...SO KEEP ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS AS THE THREAT BECOMES BETTER DEFINED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. ILZ027>031-036-040-311100- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-WOODFORD- 301 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH THE HIGHER SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. THE OVERALL CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END TOWARD SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON TUESDAY...SO KEEP ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS AS THE THREAT BECOMES BETTER DEFINED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 30, 7:47 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
747 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM HAIL 1 NW DIVERNON 39.58N 89.67W
05/30/2008 E2.50 INCH SANGAMON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT RECEIVED FROM NWS DAVENPORT
&&
SMITHLocal storm report, May 30, 7:50 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
750 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM HAIL 2 NE CHATHAM 39.69N 89.67W
05/30/2008 M1.50 INCH SANGAMON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
SMITHLocal storm report, May 30, 7:53 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
753 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0734 PM HAIL PAWNEE 39.59N 89.58W
05/30/2008 E1.75 INCH SANGAMON IL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
SMITHLocal storm report, May 30, 8:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
800 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0719 PM HAIL BOODY 39.77N 89.06W
05/30/2008 E0.75 INCH MACON IL MESONET
TREE UPROOTED AND SOME LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
&&
SMITHLocal storm report, May 30, 8:04 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
804 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM FUNNEL CLOUD TAYLORVILLE 39.52N 89.26W
05/30/2008 CHRISTIAN IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
NEAR ROUTE 29 AND ROUTE 104
&&
SMITHLocal storm report, May 30, 8:07 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
807 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0801 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 S TAYLORVILLE 39.51N 89.26W
05/30/2008 CHRISTIAN IL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN HEWITTSVILLE
&&
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| May 30, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 38 min |
| May 30, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 33 min |
| May 30, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 34 min |
| May 30, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Scott | 30 min |
| May 30, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 3 hr |
| May 30, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 3 hr |
| May 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| May 30, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 35 min |
| May 30, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 38 min |
| May 30, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Edgar | 39 min |
| May 30, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 47 min |
| May 30, 8:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian | 116 min |
| May 30, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 28 min |
| May 30, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 23 min |
| May 30, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 33 min |
| May 30, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 42 min |
| May 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 46 min |
| May 30, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 42 min |
| May 31, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 52 min |
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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.