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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2010, 1:55 PM CDT for Coles County, Cumberland County, Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 65 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, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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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
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</html>The office that day
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, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 61 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, 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.