Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 5:19 PM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 35 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2011, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 5:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fulton County, IL, Logan County, IL, Mason County, IL, Menard County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:24 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Mount Pulaski, IL | |
| May 25, 5:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Forest City, IL | MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO POPCORN FACTORY |
| May 25, 5:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Forest City, IL | TREES DOWN IN TOWN |
| May 25, 5:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lincoln, IL | LARGE TREE LIMB BROKEN OFF...ONE FOOT IN DIAMETER...IN LINCOLN ON 5TH STREET. FROM TWO NWS EMPLOYEES. |
| May 25, 5:28 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Lincoln, IL | TREE TOPPED AT WFO LINCOLN |
| May 25, 5:28 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Chestnut, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1832 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
976
WUUS53 KILX 252219
SVRILX
ILC057-107-125-129-179-252315-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0112.110525T2219Z-110525T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
519 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.
* AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM IPAVA TO MOUNT PULASKI...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PENNY
SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEWISTOWN...LINCOLN...CANTON...BEASON...HARTSBURG...SAN JOSE...
CUBA...EMDEN...ST. DAVID...MANITO...ATLANTA...DELAVAN...GREEN
VALLEY...ARMINGTON...FAIRVIEW...SOUTH PEKIN...HOPEDALE...LONDON
MILLS...MINIER AND TREMONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4048 9045 4072 9031 4071 8999 4063 8999
4062 8987 4052 8987 4055 8978 4055 8968
4062 8933 4061 8927 4028 8926 4028 8915
4004 8914 3995 8919 4035 9046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 205DEG 33KT 4044 9035 4009 8924
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN
$$
BARKER1 follow-up statement
582
WWUS53 KILX 252254
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
554 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
ILC057-107-125-129-179-252305-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110525T2315Z/
LOGAN IL-MASON IL-MENARD IL-TAZEWELL IL-FULTON IL-
554 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FULTON...TAZEWELL...
NORTHEASTERN MENARD...MASON AND LOGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.
LAT...LON 4048 9045 4072 9031 4071 8999 4063 8999
4062 8987 4052 8987 4055 8978 4055 8968
4062 8933 4061 8927 4028 8926 4028 8915
4004 8914 3995 8919 4035 9046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 205DEG 33KT 4074 9017 4039 8905
$$
BARKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 65 min |
| May 25, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 58 min |
| May 25, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 63 min |
| May 25, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Piatt | 13 min |
| May 25, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 44 min |
| May 25, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 7 days |
| May 25, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 7 days |
| May 25, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 61 min |
| May 25, 12:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| May 25, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 66 min |
| May 25, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 31 min |
| May 25, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 10 hr |
| May 25, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 51 min |
| May 25, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 23 min |
| May 25, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 38 min |
| May 25, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 25 min |
| May 25, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 43 min |
| May 25, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 58 min |
| May 25, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 25 min |
| May 25, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler | 61 min |
| May 25, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 57 min |
| May 25, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 60 min |
| May 25, 5:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Schuyler | 3 hr |
| May 25, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| May 25, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 32 min |
| May 25, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt, Shelby | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt | 37 min |
| May 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 60 min |
| May 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 24 min |
| May 25, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 47 min |
| May 25, 6:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 116 min |
| May 25, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 4 hr |
| May 25, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 37 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.