Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2011, 3:37 PM CDT for Clay County, Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2011, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2011, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Clay County, IL, Effingham County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
352
WUUS53 KILX 102037
SVRILX
ILC025-049-102130-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0151.110610T2037Z-110610T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
337 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.
* AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDGEWOOD...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
EFFINGHAM...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATSON...BIBLE GROVE...DIETERICH...MASON...HORD...HEARTVILLE AND
ELLIOTSTOWN.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3885 8870 3891 8870 3891 8880 3895 8882
3899 8881 3915 8836 3885 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 252DEG 15KT 3893 8867
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
HJS2 follow-up statements
210 WWUS53 KILX 102110 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 410 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ILC025-102120- /O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-110610T2130Z/ CLAY IL- 410 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3898 8837 3894 8865 3903 8869 3915 8836 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 252DEG 15KT 3904 8852 $$ ILC049-102130- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-110610T2130Z/ EFFINGHAM IL- 410 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 406 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WATSON...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF EFFINGHAM... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DIETERICH AND ELLIOTSTOWN. 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. && LAT...LON 3898 8837 3894 8865 3903 8869 3915 8836 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 252DEG 15KT 3904 8852 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ HJS
488 WWUS53 KILX 102124 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 424 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ILC049-102133- /O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-110610T2130Z/ EFFINGHAM IL- 424 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LAT...LON 3898 8837 3894 8865 3903 8869 3915 8836 TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 252DEG 15KT 3906 8845 $$ HJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 10:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 5 days |
| Jun 10, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Jasper | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 3:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Effingham | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 77 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 67 min |
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.