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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 19, 20115 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2011, 8:05 AM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 40 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: Apr 19, 2011, 8:05 AM CDT (13:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2011, 8:45 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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
Apr 19, 3:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.4

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The text

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

701 
WUUS53 KILX 191305
SVRILX
ILC029-035-049-139-173-191345-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0033.110419T1305Z-110419T1345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
805 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT.

* AT 802 AM CDT...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
  LAKEWOOD...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT
  60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...SULLIVAN...MATTOON...TOLEDO...
  WESTERVELT...SHUMWAY...FINDLAY...STEWARDSON...WINDSOR...NEOGA...
  MONTROSE...ALLENVILLE...COOKS MILL...JEWETT...LERNA...JANESVILLE...
  GREENUP...MODE AND CLARKSBURG.

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 3905 8879 3909 8882 3921 8881 3921 8890
      3941 8903 3965 8848 3924 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 1305Z 250DEG 53KT 3935 8886
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

HJS

3 follow-up statements

842 
WWUS53 KILX 191317
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
817 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

ILC029-035-049-139-173-191345-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110419T1345Z/
MOULTRIE IL-SHELBY IL-COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL-EFFINGHAM IL-
817 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
EFFINGHAM...CUMBERLAND...SOUTHWESTERN COLES...SHELBY AND SOUTHERN
MOULTRIE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM CDT...

AT 812 AM 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 WESTERVELT TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
STEWARDSON TO TEUTOPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOLEDO...MATTOON...WINDSOR...NEOGA...JEWETT...ALLENVILLE...
  GREENUP...LERNA...JANESVILLE...WOLF CREEK STATE PARK...WOODBURY...
  KIRKSVILLE...PARADISE...ETNA...GAYS...TRILLA AND COLES.

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 3905 8879 3909 8882 3921 8881 3921 8890
      3941 8903 3965 8848 3924 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 1317Z 246DEG 50KT 3949 8876 3938 8857
          3919 8843
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SHIMON

553 
WWUS53 KILX 191330
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
830 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

ILC029-035-049-139-173-191345-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110419T1345Z/
MOULTRIE IL-SHELBY IL-COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL-EFFINGHAM IL-
830 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
EFFINGHAM...CUMBERLAND...SOUTHWESTERN COLES...SHELBY AND SOUTHERN
MOULTRIE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM CDT...

AT 826 AM 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 ALLENVILLE TO MATTOON TO
JEWETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MATTOON...GREENUP...LERNA AND JANESVILLE.

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 3905 8879 3909 8882 3921 8881 3921 8890
      3941 8903 3965 8848 3924 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 1330Z 246DEG 50KT 3956 8854 3945 8835
          3926 8821
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SHIMON

150 
WWUS53 KILX 191340
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
840 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

ILC029-035-049-139-173-191349-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110419T1345Z/
MOULTRIE IL-SHELBY IL-COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL-EFFINGHAM IL-
840 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN EFFINGHAM...
CUMBERLAND...SOUTHWESTERN COLES...SHELBY AND SOUTHERN MOULTRIE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 AM CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN 
FAYETTE COUNTY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.  HAIL 
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL.



LAT...LON 3905 8879 3909 8882 3921 8881 3921 8890
      3941 8903 3965 8848 3924 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 1339Z 246DEG 50KT 3961 8839 3950 8820
          3931 8806

$$

BARNES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott	90 min
Apr 19, 5:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	64 min
Apr 19, 5:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	55 min
Apr 19, 8:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	27 min
Apr 19, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham, Shelby	45 min
Apr 19, 9:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Jasper	52 min
Apr 19, 9:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby	40 min
Apr 19, 9:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby	4 hr
Apr 19, 9:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Edgar	42 min
Apr 19, 9:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clark, Coles, Edgar	3 hr
Apr 19, 12:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason	84 days
Apr 19, 12:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler	86 days
Apr 19, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	38 min
Apr 19, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	52 min
Apr 19, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	50 min
Apr 19, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	33 min
Apr 19, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Peoria	43 min
Apr 19, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Knox, Stark	51 min
Apr 19, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard, Sangamon	34 min
Apr 19, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	36 min
Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria	31 min
Apr 19, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian	25 min
Apr 19, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	46 min
Apr 19, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon	32 min
Apr 19, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian	21 min
Apr 19, 6:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Shelby	38 min
Apr 19, 6:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon, Piatt	36 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.