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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2010, 2:42 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 18 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 24, 2010, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Schuyler County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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.
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 24, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 396 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 24, 2:37 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:37 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 11:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1108 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010 ILZ038-040>043-048-251100- DE WITT-LOGAN-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-SCHUYLER- 1108 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNSET...WHICH WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WHO MUST BE OUTDOORS FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE FROM DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY... PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...ROUGHLY FROM 200 PM UNTIL 900 PM CDT. ILZ044>047-049>057-061-251100- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MACON-MORGAN- MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY-VERMILION- 1108 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES THROUGH SUNSET. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO BE OUTDOORS FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. FOR INTERESTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER...FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DOWNSTREAM FROM BEARDSTOWN THIS WEEK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL SLIP JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. THE THREAT FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK...PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...ROUGHLY FROM 300 PM THROUGH 900 PM CDT. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-251100- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 1108 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE AROUND 110 DEGREES. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO BE OUTDOORS FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...INCREASING OUR CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE THREAT SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT CLAY CITY WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ON SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK...PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING...ROUGHLY FROM 400 PM THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ILZ027>031-036-037-251100- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 1108 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE FROM DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY... PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...ROUGHLY FROM 200 PM UNTIL 900 PM CDT. DPK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:51 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 19 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:51 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ILX | DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean, Marshall and 7 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Schuyler | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 4 hr |
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.