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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 27, 2010Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2010, 8:43 PM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 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 27, 2010, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2010, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 27, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2010-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1416 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2010-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 27, 8:24 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 8:24 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 3:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
311 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010

ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-281100-
CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-
SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
311 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF A COLD
FRONT. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN...BUT
ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. MOST OF THE STORMS
SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY LATE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER
DURING THE PERIOD. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ038-042>044-051>054-061-281100-
CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-
SHELBY-
311 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
THIS EVENING...AND DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT PASSES
THROUGH THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-281100-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
311 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. WHILE A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN...ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING...AS THE
FRONT PUSHES FURTHER SOUTH OF THE AREA.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ045-046-055>057-281100-
CHAMPAIGN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-VERMILION-
311 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING...THEN DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH
THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN
CONCERN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING.

GEELHART

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
622 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WINCHESTER              39.63N 90.46W
06/27/2010                   SCOTT              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE LIMBS DOWN AND ONE POWER LINE DOWN.

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:08 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:14 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby6 hr
Jun 27, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Effingham, Jasper41 min
Jun 27, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Crawford, Jasper23 min
Jun 27, 7:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXClay, Richland5 days
Jun 27, 8:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXClark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.