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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 2011, 3:40 AM CST for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 51 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
- Nov 14, 2011, 3:40 AM CST (09:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 4:31 AM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
042
WUUS53 KILX 140940
SVRILX
ILC029-041-139-173-141045-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0232.111114T0940Z-111114T1045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
340 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 445 AM CST.
* AT 336 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FINDLAY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SULLIVAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SULLIVAN...TUSCOLA...ALLENVILLE...COOKS MILL...ARTHUR...HUMBOLDT...
ARCOLA...HINDSBORO...RARDIN...CAMARGO...OAKLAND...NEWMAN...COLES...
CADWELL...CHESTERVILLE...BOURBON...FAIRGRANGE...BUSHTON AND
MURDOCK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3955 8796 3938 8896 3956 8899 3978 8846
3988 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 0940Z 253DEG 43KT 3954 8865
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
SHIMON2 follow-up statements
084
WWUS53 KILX 140959
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
359 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011
ILC173-141009-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-111114T1045Z/
SHELBY IL-
359 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3945 8858 3960 8864 3978 8846 3988 8797
3955 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 0959Z 253DEG 43KT 3961 8837
$$
ILC029-041-139-141045-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-111114T1045Z/
MOULTRIE IL-COLES IL-DOUGLAS IL-
359 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DOUGLAS...
NORTHERN COLES AND SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CST...
AT 355 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
COOKS MILL...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF MATTOON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TUSCOLA...HUMBOLDT...ARCOLA...HINDSBORO...RARDIN...CAMARGO...
OAKLAND...NEWMAN...BOURBON...FAIRGRANGE...BUSHTON AND MURDOCK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3945 8858 3960 8864 3978 8846 3988 8797
3955 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 0959Z 253DEG 43KT 3961 8837
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
SHIMON237
WWUS53 KILX 141031
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
431 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011
ILC029-041-139-141041-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-111114T1045Z/
MOULTRIE IL-COLES IL-DOUGLAS IL-
431 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS...NORTHERN COLES AND
SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3945 8858 3960 8864 3978 8846 3988 8797
3955 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 1031Z 253DEG 43KT 3972 8789
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 3:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 15 min |
| Nov 14, 3:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles | 24 min |
| Nov 14, 12:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 39 min |
| Nov 14, 1:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 39 min |
| Nov 14, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 30 min |
| Nov 14, 1:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 66 min |
| Nov 14, 3:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland | 42 min |
| Nov 14, 4:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.