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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 27, 2011Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 2011, 6:52 PM CST for Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 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: Feb 27, 2011, 6:52 PM CST (00:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 27, 2011, 7:30 PM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Fulton County, IL, Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Feb 27, 7:11 PM CST	HAIL 1	Rushville, IL
Feb 27, 7:15 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	2 N Ray, IL	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL BROKE WINDOWS AT A HOME 2 MILES NORTH OF RAY.
Feb 27, 7:25 PM CST	HAIL 0.5	Astoria, IL

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
Feb 27, 5:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

575 
WUUS53 KILX 280052
SVRILX
ILC057-169-280130-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0004.110228T0052Z-110228T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
652 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CST.

* AT 646 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF GOLDEN TO
  BUCKHORN. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THESE STORMS WERE MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSHVILLE...BROOKLYN...LITTLETON...BROWNING...ASTORIA...VERMONT...
  IPAVA...HUNTSVILLE...WEINBERG KING STATE PARK...CAMDEN...
  FREDERICK...RAY...BLUFF CITY...MARBLETOWN AND TABLE GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL ACROSS ADAMS
COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9045 4045 9045 4023 9015 4019 9021
      4016 9022 4016 9029 4013 9038 4002 9045
      3998 9059 4002 9062 4004 9067 4007 9068
      4008 9071 4011 9069 4011 9092 4028 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 239DEG 56KT 4019 9115 3993 9078
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$
GEELHART

3 follow-up statements

718 
WWUS53 KILX 280104
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
704 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

ILC057-169-280130-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110228T0130Z/
FULTON IL-SCHUYLER IL-
704 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCHUYLER AND
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CST...

AT 700 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM AUGUSTA TO 8 MILES EAST OF MOUNT STERLING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
65 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSHVILLE...BROOKLYN...LITTLETON...ASTORIA...VERMONT...IPAVA...
  FREDERICK...RAY...BLUFF CITY...MARBLETOWN AND TABLE GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9045 4045 9045 4023 9015 4019 9021
      4016 9022 4016 9029 4013 9038 4002 9045
      3998 9059 4002 9062 4004 9067 4007 9068
      4008 9071 4011 9069 4011 9092 4028 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 239DEG 56KT 4026 9089 4002 9055
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
GEELHART

197 
WWUS53 KILX 280114
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
714 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

ILC057-169-280130-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110228T0130Z/
FULTON IL-SCHUYLER IL-
714 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCHUYLER AND
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CST...

AT 709 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM BROOKLYN TO BEARDSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 711 PM...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
RUSHVILLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ASTORIA...VERMONT...IPAVA...BLUFF CITY...MARBLETOWN AND TABLE
  GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9045 4045 9045 4023 9015 4019 9021
      4016 9022 4016 9029 4013 9038 4003 9045
      3999 9054 4005 9059 4014 9072 4016 9092
      4027 9093 4028 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 239DEG 56KT 4033 9071 4010 9034
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

GEELHART

397 
WWUS53 KILX 280128
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
728 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

ILC057-169-280137-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110228T0130Z/
FULTON IL-SCHUYLER IL-
728 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SCHUYLER AND SOUTHWESTERN
FULTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CST...

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST FULTON COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM.

LAT...LON 4028 9045 4045 9045 4023 9015 4019 9021
      4016 9022 4016 9029 4013 9038 4003 9045
      3999 9054 4005 9059 4014 9072 4016 9092
      4027 9093 4028 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 239DEG 56KT 4043 9048 4020 9011

$$
GEELHART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 7:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Tazewell	41 min
Feb 27, 7:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Mason, Menard, Tazewell	50 min
Feb 27, 7:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell	49 min
Feb 27, 8:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, McLean, Tazewell	31 min
Feb 27, 8:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	35 min
Feb 27, 8:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Christian, Moultrie, Shelby	30 min
Feb 27, 8:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell	32 min
Feb 27, 8:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Morgan, Scott	33 min
Feb 27, 8:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	46 min
Feb 27, 8:45 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	ILX	Knox, Stark	5 hr
Feb 27, 9:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Logan, Menard, Sangamon	28 min
Feb 27, 9:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar	41 min
Feb 27, 9:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar	40 min
Feb 27, 9:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	43 min
Feb 27, 10:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Lawrence	34 min
Feb 27, 10:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	47 min
Feb 27, 11:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	16 days
Feb 27, 11:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cass, Logan, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	56 min
Feb 28, 12:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Moultrie, Shelby	44 min
Feb 28, 12:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	61 min
Feb 28, 12:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	32 min
Feb 28, 1:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	39 min
Feb 28, 1:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Richland	14 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.