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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2010, 1:57 AM CDT for 7 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 63 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 2, 2010, 1:57 AM CDT (06:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2010, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Christian County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
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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 1, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
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 1, 11:57 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 11:57 PM CDT, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1157 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 825 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 ISOLATED STORMS OVER EASTERN IOWA CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST AND WILL AFFECT AT LEAST THE NORTHWEST PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 930 PM AND 1030 PM. ADDITIONALLY...A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WAS TRACKING ESE ACRS CNTRL IOWA AND MAY BEGIN TO AFFECT A GOOD PART OF WESTERN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 200 AM. SHORT TERM MODELS SUGGEST THIS SECOND QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WL MAINTAIN ITSELF INTO WRN IL BEFORE WEAKENING SOME AS IT PUSHES EAST OF THE STRONGER LOW LEVEL JET AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT. HAVE ALREADY UPDATED THE ZONES TO REFLECT THIS AND MAY HAVE TO INCREASE POPS FURTHER SOUTH IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE THRU LATE THIS EVENING. MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS OVERNIGHT WILL BE WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN...ESP NORTH OF A SPRINGFIELD TO DANVILLE LINE. && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1148 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER IA TO MOVE ESE INTO IL DURING THE EARLY MORNING. IFR WITH GUSTS 45 KTS WITH PASSAGE OF STORM COMPLEX. RAIN BEHIND THE LINE TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE IFR CONDITIONS. WILL GO WITH TAFS WITH THIS TREND. GOETSCH && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 300 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WEST-EAST ZONAL FLOW ALOFT DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN INTO NEXT WEEKEND...WITH PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE WEEK WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY AN MCS TONIGHT...AND 2 COLD FRONTS BEFORE NEXT WEEKEND. THEN A PATTERN CHANGE INTO MORE NW FLOW NEXT WEEKEND WILL ALLOW A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS TO FLOW INTO CENTRAL IL BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE POST-COLD FRONTAL AIRMASS ACROSS C IL HAS NOT MODIFIED APPRECIABLY YET...WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS REMAINING IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT EARLY THIS EVENING...AS THE MODERATELY UNSTABLE...NEARLY UNCAPPED AND MOIST AIRMASS RESPONDS TO THE SUNS HEATING. VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLOUDS SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON HAS NOT BEEN TOO DEEP...WITH JUST ONE FAST-MOVING SHOWER INDICATED ON RADAR JUST WEST OF JACKSONVILLE BETWEEN 1-130 PM. WILL STICK WITH DRY EVENING FORECAST IN ALL BUT THE FAR NW ZONES...WHERE SOME PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP DUE TO INCREASING ISENTROPIC LIFT AND WAA. THE BIG SHOW TONIGHT WILL COME IN THE FORM OF AN MCS THAT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN E NEB AND W IA...THEN PROPAGATE EASTWARD IN THE MEAN FLOW OF THE CLOUD BEARING LAYER. IF THE ORIGINATION ZONE IS CORRECT...CORFIDI VECTORS PUT THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM INTO N IL LATER TONIGHT. THE COMPLICATING FACTOR IN THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM IS A LACK OF AN EXISTING WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY FOR THE MCS TO FOCUS ON. THEREFORE...THE TRACK WHILE BE MORE CLOSELY TIED WITH THE AXIS OF MAX INSTABILITY AND THE AXIS AND POSITION OF THE STRENGTHENING LLJ. A FEW 4KM MESO-SCALE MODELS POINT TOWARD THE A FARTHER NORTH TRACK OF THE BOWING STRUCTURE...WITH THE SLOWER MOVING HEAVY RAIN BAND OF THE MCS DROPPING SOUTH INTO OUR AREA LATER TONIGHT. CORFIDI VECTORS ALSO POINT TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT SOUTHERN BACK-BUILDING PORTION OF THE MCS...WHICH IS TYPICAL OF A CLASSIC MCS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THAT BAND MAY QUICKLY REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. MANY AREAS IN OUR N CWA JUST PICKED UP 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN ON MEMORIAL DAY...SO THE GROUND MOISTURE IS ALREADY HIGH IN THOSE AREAS. WE WILL BE CONTINUING WITH AN AREAL FLOOD OUTLOOK FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OUR CWA TO ACCOUNT FOR THE BEGINNING OF HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS PSBL WED NIGHT/THUR. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS NORTH AND WEST OF PEORIA...WITH CHANCE POPS SOUTH OF THERE TO SPRINGFIELD AND CHAMPAIGN. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ONGOING BUT DIMINISHING IN THE NORTHERN CWA. THE COLD POOL/OUTFLOW FROM THE MCS WILL PROGRESS SOUTH INTO OUR CWA. HOW FAR IT GETS WILL BE CRITICAL TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF A LINE OF STORMS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR CWA. WE EXPECT SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON...ACROSS C IL. OUR ENTIRE CWA REMAINS IN THE DAY 2 SLIGHT RISK FROM SPC...WHICH COULD BE ADJUSTED BASED ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE OUTFLOW PROGRESSES. THE NEXT AREA OF CONCERN IS A WAVE OF SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS THAT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MISSOURI AND LIFT ALONG THE STALLED BOUNDARY ACROSS C IL. THE PATH OF THE LOW WILL PUT MORE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE N HALF OF OUR CWA WED NIGHT. WE CONTINUED WITH LIKELY POPS FOR NEARLY ALL OF THE CWA AT SOME POINT WED NIGHT. BY THUR MORNING...THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BEGIN TO MAKE FORWARD PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH STORMS COMING TO AN END FROM NW TO SE. A FEW STORMS MY LINGER SE OF I-70 THUR EVE...BUT ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THAT. LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A BRIEF COOL DOWN IS EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY BEHIND THE FIRST COLD FRONT...BUT WARMER AIR AND ADDITIONAL MOISTURE WILL RETURN FOR SATURDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. WE KEPT CHANCE POPS FOR SAT AND SAT NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT DROPS SE ACRS THE REGION. STORMS SHOULD BE EAST OF IL BY SUNDAY MORNING. A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS IS EXPECTED BEHIND THAT COLD FRONT...WHICH SHOULD STICK AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS...HOPEFULLY. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ILZ027>031- 036>038-040-041. &&
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
108 AM CDT WED JUN 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0102 AM TSTM WND GST 3 S TRIVOLI 40.65N 89.88W
06/02/2010 M70 MPH PEORIA IL DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 1, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 11:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Schuyler | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 59 min |
| Jun 2, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Mason, Menard, Peoria and 2 more | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 12:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Marshall, Mason, Menard, Peoria and 3 more | 67 min |
| Jun 2, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 1:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Schuyler | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, McLean and 4 more | 68 min |
| Jun 2, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 1 more | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 6:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.