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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2010, 11:59 AM CDT for Logan County, Menard County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 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
- Jul 19, 2010, 11:59 AM CDT (16:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Logan County, IL, Menard County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 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
- 248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -358 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 Jul 19, 10:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 10:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1034 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 1031 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 MCS HOLDING TOGETHER FROM THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DIVING INTO THE WEST AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. INSTABILITY IS PLENTIFUL EVEN BEHIND THE BOUNDARY...WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND WEAK SHEAR. UPDATED THE GRIDS EARLIER FOR THE PRECIP TRENDS...AND TO KNOCK A COUPLE DEGREES OFF THE MAX TEMPS... PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH AND WEST. WILL BE SENDING OUT ZONES MOMENTARILY. HJS && .AVIATION... ISSUED 615 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 WK CDFNT PASSED THRU THE TAF SITES OVRNGT AND HAS BROUGHT SLGTLY LWR DWPTS INTO THE AREA. SOME LINGERING RESIDUAL MSTR WL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SOME MVFR/IFR FOG AT SPI/CMI AND PSBLY DEC TIL ABT 15Z. THIS FOG IS QUITE SHALLOW AND TRANSITORY AS EVIDENCED BY 3/4SM 1052Z AND 10SM 11Z AT SPI. RUC MDL FCST SNDGS SHOW LTL MSTR AFT THE LOW STUFF MIXES THRU EXCEPT AT AC LVL. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AC/ACCAS THAT IS EXPECTED AS REMNANTS OF THE CURRENT IA ELEVATED CONVECTION WKNS AND MOVES EWD. WAA TSTMS ARE FCST TO WKN LTR THIS MORNG AS THE NOCT LLJ DCRSS AND RELOADS FURTHER W. THEREFORE WL EXPCT ANY CNVCTN THIS AFTN TO BE ISOLD AND WL HANDLE WITH VCTS. MEANWHILE...NEW MCS WL LKLY DVLP LT THIS AFTN/TNGT OVR SD/IA AND MOVE SEWD INTO CNTL IL AFT 06Z. ALTHOUGH THE SVR THREAT WL BCM MORE ISOLD AS STORMS APCH THE IL RVR...STG WNDS WL STILL BE PSBL. WL INDICATE A TEMPO FOR THUNDER BEGINNING PIA 07Z TUE THEN TRENDING TWD 09Z FOR CMI. 04 && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 233 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER IS IN STORE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. 06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT BISECTING THE KILX CWA...WITH OBS INDICATING IT HAS PUSHED JUST EAST OF I-55. BEHIND THE FRONT...SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR HAS TRICKLED INTO THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY AS EVIDENCED BY DEWPOINTS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 60S. ALOFT...RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST/SOUTHERN PLAINS...WHILE FAST ZONAL FLOW PERSISTS ALONG THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY QUIET WEATHER APPEARS TO BE ON TAP FOR TODAY...AS A WEAK BUBBLE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD AND FRONT GETS SUPPRESSED TO ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF I-70. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW DECENT CAP IN PLACE DUE TO SUBSIDENCE INVERSION AT AROUND 850MB...SO THINK CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE EXCEPTION MAY BE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH...WHERE CAP WILL BE WEAKER AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE NEARBY. HAVE THEREFORE INCLUDED LOW CHANCE POPS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70 FOR THE AFTERNOON. UPPER-LEVEL WAVE CURRENTLY ACROSS MONTANA/WYOMING WILL TRACK E/SE TODAY...TRIGGERING A COMPLEX OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. THESE STORMS WILL TEND TO PUSH E/SE ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF A VERY UNSTABLE INFLOW AIRMASS ACROSS THE PLAINS... REACHING IOWA BY THIS AFTERNOON. 00Z 19 JUL MODELS ARE ALL IN RELATIVELY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THE STORMS INTO NORTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE GFS WHICH HAS A MORE EASTERLY TRAJECTORY INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. SINCE GFS HAS BEEN PERFORMING QUITE POORLY RECENTLY...HAVE REJECTED ITS SOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE NAM12. WITH 45-50KT LLJ DEVELOPING FROM THE PLAINS E/NE INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS BY 06Z...CONVECTION WILL REMAIN QUITE ROBUST AS IT CROSSES THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO ILLINOIS DURING THE EVENING. FAVORABLE INFLOW AND 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES IN EXCESS OF 40...SUGGEST A DAMAGING WIND THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO A GOOD BET...AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES EXCEED 2 INCHES AND 850MB THETA-E AXIS SETS UP FROM TEXAS N/NE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. HAVE BUMPED UP POPS ACCORDINGLY AND MENTIONED HEAVY RAIN THREAT ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA TONIGHT. FURTHER SOUTH...WENT WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS SOUTH OF A SPRINGFIELD TO MATTOON LINE. OVERNIGHT MCS WILL EXIT THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER EFFECTIVE BOUNDARY WILL BE LEFT BEHIND RIGHT ACROSS THE HEART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. WITH UPPER PATTERN REMAINING UNCHANGED...THINK BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH AT LEAST MID-WEEK. HAVE THEREFORE INCREASED POPS TO 40 ACROSS THE BOARD FOR BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS/STORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY IN THE WARM/HUMID AIRMASS. LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DID NOT MAKE TOO MANY CHANGES IN THE EXTENDED...OTHER THAN TO CONTINUE LOW CHANCE POPS INTO THURSDAY...AS SOUTHERN CONUS RIDGE STRUGGLES TO BUILD NORTHWARD. PERSISTENT FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY SHIFT NORTHWARD ACCORDINGLY...BUT WILL LIKELY BE SUPPRESSED FURTHER SOUTHWARD THAN MOST MODEL SOLUTIONS DUE TO CONVECTION. THINK FRIDAY LOOKS LIKE THE DRIEST...AND HOTTEST...DAY OF THE WEEK BEFORE ANOTHER WAVE AND ACCOMPANYING FRONT APPROACH BY SATURDAY. BARNES && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 11:41 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1141 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 ILZ027>031-036>038-041-201115- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 1141 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LATER TONIGHT...ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER IOWA AND MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND INTENSE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE SAME WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO MIDWEEK AS A STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THIS WILL CAUSE SEVERAL PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED RISK FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR...ALONG WITH LONGER TERM FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ILZ040-047-049-050-201115- CASS-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT- 1141 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LATER TONIGHT...ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER IOWA AND MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND INTENSE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT HAVANA WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING...HOWEVER FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE AT BEARDSTOWN UNTIL THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE SAME WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO MIDWEEK AS A STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THIS WILL CAUSE SEVERAL PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND LATE TONIGHT. ILZ042-043-048-051>053-061-066>068-071>073-201115- CHRISTIAN-CLAY-CRAWFORD-DE WITT-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-LOGAN- MACON-MENARD-RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SHELBY- 1141 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LATER TONIGHT...ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER IOWA AND MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND INTENSE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE SAME WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO MIDWEEK AS A STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THIS WILL CAUSE SEVERAL PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND LATE TONIGHT. ILZ044>046-054>057-062-063-201115- CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-COLES-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MOULTRIE-PIATT- VERMILION- 1141 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LATER TONIGHT...ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER IOWA AND MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND INTENSE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE SAME WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO MIDWEEK AS A STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THIS WILL CAUSE SEVERAL PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 10:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1036 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010
ILZ036-040-041-047-048-050-191630-
CASS-FULTON-MASON-MENARD-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-
1036 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CASS...MASON...NORTHWESTERN
MORGAN...SCHUYLER...SOUTHERN FULTON AND WESTERN MENARD COUNTIES UNTIL
1130 AM CDT...
AT 1034 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BROWNING...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RUSHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATH...
CHANDLERVILLE...
KILBOURNE...
PETERSBURG...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...RAY...BLUFF CITY...SNICARTE...
NEWMANSVILLE...OAKFORD AND ATTERBERRY.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 4029 9074 4028 9046 4044 9045 4037 8995
4030 8964 4002 8981 3989 9005 3987 9040
3989 9059 3991 9055 3998 9053 3998 9060
4002 9062 4004 9069 4007 9068 4008 9071
4010 9071 4010 9081
TIME...MOT...LOC 1536Z 288DEG 27KT 4017 9039
SHIMONLocal storm report, Jul 19, 11:11 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 10:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Mason, Schuyler | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Schuyler | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Douglas | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Schuyler | 6 hr |
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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.