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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2009, 8:45 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 45 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 19, 2009, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2009, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
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 19, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 631 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 300 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... WILL KEEP THE HEAT INDEX GOING AS IS UNTIL 7 PM AS HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE HOVERING AROUND THE 100 DEGREE MARK AND WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S HAVE RESULTED IN ERODING THE CAPPING INVERSION CENTERED AT ABOUT 850 MB. RESIDUAL BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS THIS MORNING HAVE BECOME ILL-DEFINED AS OF LATE...HOWEVER SATELLITE IMAGERY STILL SHOWS AN ARC OF DEEPER CUMULUS/CBS FROM GALESBURG TO SPRINGFIELD TO PARIS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE DOWNBURST WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL THIS EVENING. THE MORE CONCENTRATED SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE LATER THIS EVENING AND TOWARD 06Z AS A WELL-DEFINED SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN KANSAS/NEBRASKA PUSHES TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. UPSCALE GROWTH IN THE STORMS BETWEEN DES MOINES AND KANSAS CITY IS LIKELY WITH THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER MODE LIKELY BEING A BOW ECHO WITH DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. BY 06Z...THE MAIN COLD FRONT SHOULD BE JUST MOVING INTO GALESBURG... HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER BY THEN SHOULD BE RACING INTO INDIANA. SOME SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN WITH THE MAIN FRONT...SO WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE NORTHWEST HALF. SOME LINGERING STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEAST SATURDAY MORNING. THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA...AND MODELS INDICATE THAT THE BOUNDARY WILL RETREAT NORTHWARD SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. WILL INCLUDE SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THAT TIMEFRAME...THEN THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD IN AND REDUCE POPS BELOW MENTIONABLE VALUES. LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... UPPER RIDGE WILL BE ANCHORED OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WITH THE MAIN JET EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO CANADA NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SURFACE FEATURES. MOISTURE WILL BE RICH BUT MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE VERY WARM WHICH WILL PROVIDE AN EXTENSIVE CAP OVER MUCH OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE...BUT THE LOW CHANCE/LOW AERIAL COVERAGE PRECLUDES ANY MENTION THIS FAR IN ADVANCE. BY FRIDAY...THE ECMWF AND GFS ARE IN LOOSE AGREEMENT THAT AN UPPER TROUGH WILL TOP THE RIDGE AND MOVE ACROSS CANADA AND EXTEND SOUTHWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES. WILL PUT IN SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACCOMPANYING SURFACE FRONT. 04 && .AVIATION... ISSUED 629 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 FOCUS ON TAF FORECASTS IS PRIMARILY THE FIRST FEW HOURS. SQUALL LINE EXTENDING FROM KBMI TO NEAR KBLV AT THE START OF THE TAF PERIOD...AND WILL AFFECT KCMI INITIALLY. SECOND WEAKER LINE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND WILL CROSS THE TAF SITES OVER THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS GUSTING TO 35-40 KNOTS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORMS. VFR CONDITIOSN LARGELY EXPECTED AFTER 06Z...EXCEPT FOR SOME MINOR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS TO AROUND 5 MILES AT TIMES THROUGH SUNRISE. GEELHART && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ILZ049>057-061>063- 066>068-071>073. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 3:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 310 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ILZ027-036-040-041-047-048-201200- CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MASON-MENARD-SCHUYLER- 310 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT. SOME LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES...HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SOME MINOR RENEWED RISES WILL OCCUR ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER...AND THE RIVER WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE SPOON RIVER AT LONDON MILLS WILL BE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH THIS EVENING. ILZ028>031-037-038-042>046-201200- CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MCLEAN-PEORIA-PIATT-STARK- TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD- 310 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT. SOME LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES...HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH THIS EVENING. ILZ049>053-201200- CHRISTIAN-MACON-MORGAN-SANGAMON-SCOTT- 310 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT. SOME LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES...HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES INTO EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD FROM HAVANA AND DOWNSTREAM THROUGH NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH THIS EVENING. ILZ054>057-061-201200- COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MOULTRIE-SHELBY- 310 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT. SOME LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES...HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-201200- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 310 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATER THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT. SOME LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES INTO EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LINCOLN. THIS ADDRESS IS ALL IN LOWER CASE. GEELHART
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:55 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
755 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0735 PM TSTM WND DMG SIDELL 39.91N 87.82W
06/19/2009 VERMILION IL EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
AEJLocal storm report, Jun 19, 7:58 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
758 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0712 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S TUSCOLA 39.75N 88.28W
06/19/2009 DOUGLAS IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN BETWEEN TUSCOLA AND ARCOLA.
&&
AEJLocal storm report, Jun 19, 8:15 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:19 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
819 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0609 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE INDIANOLA 39.90N 87.70W
06/19/2009 VERMILION IL EMERGENCY MNGR
WHOLE BARN DESTROYED, TREES UPROOTED.
&&
AEJLocal storm report, Jun 19, 8:30 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
830 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG MOWEAQUA 39.63N 89.02W
06/19/2009 SHELBY IL COUNTY OFFICIAL
MULTIPLE TREE LIMBS DOWN BLOCKING SOME ROADS. TIME
ESTIMATED.
&&
AEJLocal storm report, Jun 19, 8:43 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
843 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HEAVY RAIN DANVILLE 40.53N 89.17W
06/19/2009 M2.08 INCH MCLEAN IL EMERGENCY MNGR
STORM TOTAL.
&&
AEJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 17 min |
| Jun 19, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 20 min |
| Jun 19, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 11:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 12:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 9:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 6 days |
| Jun 20, 12:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 6 days |
| Jun 20, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.