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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 3, 2011McLean County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2011, 5:05 PM CDT for McLean County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 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: Sep 3, 2011, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties McLean County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 3, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 1443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

666 
WUUS53 KILX 032205
SVRILX
ILC113-203-032230-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0230.110903T2205Z-110903T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
505 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 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 WEST OF MINONK TO 6
  MILES NORTHEAST OF EL PASO TO HUDSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRIDLEY...LEXINGTON...CHENOA AND WESTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 28.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND 187.

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 4092 8892 4076 8892 4076 8859 4076 8858
      4069 8858 4053 8901 4079 8902 4088 8914
      4093 8909 4093 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 237DEG 33KT 4094 8908 4084 8892
          4061 8892
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

CHURCHILL

1 follow-up statement

566 
WWUS53 KILX 032224
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
524 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

ILC113-203-032234-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0230.000000T0000Z-110903T2230Z/
MCLEAN IL-WOODFORD IL-
524 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODFORD AND
NORTH CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4092 8892 4076 8892 4076 8859 4076 8858
      4069 8858 4053 8901 4079 8902 4088 8914
      4093 8909 4093 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 237DEG 33KT 4103 8890 4093 8874
          4070 8874

$$

CHURCHILL

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 Sep 3, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
300 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 300 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...
ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY COLD FRONT IS WAY BACK IN CENTRAL IA...THE
LEADING CONVERGENCE LINE/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS WELL INTO NORTH-CENTRAL
IL AND THIS IS WHERE CONVECTIVE INITIATION HAS OCCURRED. EXPECT
STORMS TO CONTINUE INCREASING WITH THE APPROACH OF THE COLD FRONT
AND AN UPPER SHORTWAVE OVER SOUTHWESTERN IA. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY
AND MODERATE DEEP UNI-DIRECTIONAL SHEAR EXISTS FOR A SEVERE THREAT
IN THE FORM OF GUSTY WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL. THE LONGEVITY OF
THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DEPEND ON IF THE STORMS CAN ORGANIZE
SUFFICIENTLY TO OVERCOME WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND A
STABILIZING BOUNDARY LAYER WITH SUNSET. NONETHELESS...THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE LIKELY FOR AT LEAST THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE AREA
TONIGHT...WITH A HEFTY CHANCE IN THE SOUTHEAST LATER ON. BY 12Z
SUN...THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO LIE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES
OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH AT LEAST RESIDUAL PRECIPITATION LIKELY
THERE IN THE MORNING. ALL OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

AFTER THAT...MAINLY QUIET CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY AS A
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE MOVES SOUTHAEST INTO THE MIDWEST.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE NOTICABLY COOLER WITH THIS AIRMASS...WITH HIGH
ON MONDAY ONLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY NIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S.

LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
OPERATIONAL VERSIONS OF THE ECMWF/GFS STILL SHOWING CONFLICTING
SOLUTIONS AS TO THE REMNANTS OF LEE. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE WILL BE HOW
MUCH INTERACTION OCCURS BETWEEN EX-LEE AND THE NORTHERN STREAM FLOW.
THE LARGE AMPLITUDE OF THE STRENGTHENING WESTERN CONUS RIDGE WOULD
ARGUE FOR A DEEPER EASTERN TROUGH AND SOME RESULTANT INTERACTION
WITH EX-LEE. THE GFS/HPC MANUAL SOLUTIONS ARE CLOSEST TO THIS FOR
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE ECMWF KEEPS EX-LEE WELL CUT OFF FROM THE
NORTHERN STREAM AND DRIFTS IT BACK INTO IL BY NEXT SAT. THERE IS
STILL QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO SEE WHAT LEE DOES FOR THE NEXT DAY OR
SO WHILE IT IS STILL TROPICAL...SO WILL KEEP THE EXTENDED PERIOD DRY
FOR NOW.

04
&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 1245 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL IL
DURING MID AND ESPECIALLY LATE AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY AFFECTING PIA
WITH MVFR CONDITIONS STARTING BETWEEN 20Z-21Z...BMI BETWEEN 21Z-22Z
AND ALONG I-72 BY 23Z. BEST CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT OVER NW PARTS OF IA/WI INTO CENTRAL
KS MOVES SE THROUGH CENTRAL IL...REACHING SE IL LATE TONIGHT. THERE
IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF I-72...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE
HAIL POSSIBLE. CLOUDS SHOULD SCATTED OUT/DECREASE BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT STARTING AT PIA AT 12Z AND REACHING CMI BY 16Z SUNDAY. SW
WINDS NEAR 10 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 17 KTS THIS AFTERNOON TO TURN WEST
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN NNW BEHIND THE COLD FRONT DURING THIS
EVENING AND DIMINISH UNDER 10 KTS. EXPECT NNW WINDS 10-15 KTS SUNDAY
MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER MT SETTLES INTO THE MIDWEST SUNDAY AND
COLD FRONT PUSHES SE ACROSS KY.

HUETTL
&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 2:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
241 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>051-053-055-041100-
CASS-CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-
MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-
STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD-
241 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ONE MORE VERY HOT AND HUMID DAY IS EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DEWPOINTS
IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
CAUSE HEAT INDEX READINGS TO REACH 97 TO 103 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON.

A COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS
ALONG AND NORTH OF A SPRINGFIELD TO TUSCOLA LINE. THE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED AFTER 3 PM THROUGH THE EVENING. THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER SUNDAY MORNING FROM I-72 SOUTH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM.

ILZ052-054-056-057-061>063-066>068-071>073-041100-
CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-
JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY-
241 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ONE MORE VERY HOT AND RATHER HUMID DAY IS EXPECTED. NEAR RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES...
WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND
HUMIDITY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDEX READINGS TO REACH 98 TO 105 DEGREES
THIS AFTERNOON...AND HIGHEST BY LAWRENCEVILLE.

A COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WILL
BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
THE BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD REMAIN FROM I-72 NORTH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

KH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
249 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

ILZ036-037-040-041-047-032045-
CASS-FULTON-MASON-SCHUYLER-TAZEWELL-
249 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SCHUYLER...SOUTHEAST
FULTON...NORTHERN CASS...NORTHERN MASON AND WESTERN TAZEWELL
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 247 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ASTORIA...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BATH...
  IPAVA...
  HAVANA...
  LEWISTOWN...
  ST. DAVID...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BLUFF CITY...MARBLETOWN...DUNCAN
MILLS...CHATAUQUA PARK...LIVERPOOL AND TOPEKA.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 4028 9048 4029 9045 4030 9045 4065 9006
      4035 8971 4005 9043 4018 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 232DEG 26KT 4020 9034

HUETTL

Local storm report, Sep 3, 4:10 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
410 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     TSTM WND GST     BRYANT                  40.47N 90.09W
09/03/2011  E58 MPH          FULTON             IL   MESONET

0405 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 W BARTONVILLE         40.64N 89.72W
09/03/2011  M60 MPH          PEORIA             IL   COUNTY OFFICIAL

0405 PM     HAIL             3 W BARTONVILLE         40.64N 89.72W
09/03/2011  M0.25 INCH       PEORIA             IL   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

JRP

Local storm report, Sep 3, 4:25 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
425 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 W MIDDLE GROVE        40.72N 90.16W
09/03/2011  E55 MPH          KNOX               IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JRP

Local storm report, Sep 3, 4:45 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
445 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0429 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW PEORIA             40.69N 89.68W
09/03/2011                   PEORIA             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            UTILITY POLES DOWN IN LAKE CAMALOT

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     IPAVA                   40.35N 90.32W
09/03/2011                   FULTON             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            5-6 INCH DIAMETER TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN

&&

JRP

Local storm report, Sep 3, 4:51 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
451 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW PEORIA             40.69N 89.68W
09/03/2011                   PEORIA             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            UTILITY POLES DOWN IN LAKE CAMALOT

&&

JRP

Local storm report, Sep 3, 4:53 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
453 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW PEORIA             40.69N 89.68W
09/03/2011                   PEORIA             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            18 INCH TREE DOWN ON CROY LANE NEAR LAKE CAMALOT

&&

JRP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Fulton	56 min
Sep 3, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	61 min
Sep 3, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	50 min
Sep 3, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford	40 min
Sep 3, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	21 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.