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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 21, 20114 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2011, 4:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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: Jun 21, 2011, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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
Jun 21, 4:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ese Olney, IL	TREES DOWN ON HOLLY ROAD
Jun 21, 4:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Oblong, IL	TREES DOWN IN OBLONG.
Jun 21, 5:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Flora, IL	TREE BLOWN DOWN AND METAL ROOF BLOWN OFF SHED.

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
Jun 21, 1:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 489 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -5.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

985 
WUUS53 KILX 212129
SVRILX
ILC025-033-079-159-212230-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0166.110621T2129Z-110621T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
429 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CALHOUN TO CLAY CITY...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OLNEY...NEWTON...SAILOR SPRINGS...INGAHAM...DUNDAS...WEST
  LIBERTY...BOGOTA...STE. MARIE...WILLOW HILL...OBLONG...OLNEY NOBLE
  AIRPORT...WENDELIN...WAKEFIELD...NEWTON LAKE...LATONA...STOY AND
  SAM PARR STATE PARK.

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 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3860 8833 3860 8854 3905 8829 3903 8774
      3859 8822 3859 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 205DEG 30KT 3871 8805 3871 8833
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

GOETSCH

3 follow-up statements

097 
WWUS53 KILX 212152
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
452 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

ILC025-033-079-159-212230-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-110621T2230Z/
JASPER IL-RICHLAND IL-CLAY IL-CRAWFORD IL-
452 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CRAWFORD...EASTERN CLAY...WESTERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHERN JASPER
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STE. MARIE
TO BOGOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWTON...BOGOTA...STE. MARIE...WILLOW HILL...OBLONG...LATONA...STOY
  AND SAM PARR STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3860 8833 3860 8854 3905 8829 3903 8774
      3859 8822 3859 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 205DEG 30KT 3889 8796 3889 8824
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

GOETSCH

089 
WWUS53 KILX 212213
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
513 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

ILC025-033-079-159-212230-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-110621T2230Z/
JASPER IL-RICHLAND IL-CLAY IL-CRAWFORD IL-
513 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CRAWFORD...EASTERN CLAY...WESTERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHERN JASPER
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CISNE TO
BIBLE GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWTON...OLNEY...SCHNELL...NOBLE...BOGOTA...WEST LIBERTY...
  DUNDAS...STE. MARIE...WILLOW HILL...OBLONG...WENDELIN...NEWTON
  LAKE...LATONA...WAKEFIELD...OLNEY NOBLE AIRPORT...SAM PARR STATE
  PARK AND STOY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3860 8833 3860 8851 3905 8829 3903 8774
      3859 8822 3859 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 238DEG 43KT 3863 8832 3888 8833
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

GOETSCH

252 
WWUS53 KILX 212232
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
532 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

ILC025-033-079-159-212241-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-110621T2230Z/
JASPER IL-RICHLAND IL-CLAY IL-CRAWFORD IL-
532 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD...
EASTERN CLAY...WESTERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES HAS BEEN
REISSUED...

PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR UNTIL 8 PM.

LAT...LON 3860 8833 3860 8851 3905 8829 3903 8774
      3859 8822 3859 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 238DEG 43KT 3863 8832 3888 8833

$$

GOETSCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 9:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Scott	11 hr
Jun 21, 9:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason	48 hr
Jun 21, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	61 min
Jun 21, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby	53 min
Jun 21, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark	64 min
Jun 21, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland and 1 more	62 min
Jun 21, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria	38 min
Jun 21, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Shelby	67 min
Jun 21, 5:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria	5 hr
Jun 21, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Douglas, Logan, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more	47 min
Jun 21, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	65 min
Jun 21, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell, Woodford	60 min
Jun 21, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Piatt	56 min
Jun 21, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	30 min
Jun 21, 6:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Tazewell, Woodford	5 hr
Jun 21, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Woodford	40 min

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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.