Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2011, 11:30 AM CDT for Clark County, Crawford County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 18 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
- May 10, 2011, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2011, 11:48 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 3483 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
923
WUUS53 KILX 101630
SVRILX
ILC023-033-079-101730-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0065.110510T1630Z-110510T1730Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1130 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.
* AT 1126 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
WHEELER...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...ROBINSON...HIDALGO...WILLOW HILL...OBLONG...ANNAPOLIS...
EATON...HUTSONVILLE...WEST UNION...PALESTINE...GILA...ROSE HILL...
SAM PARR STATE PARK...HUNT CITY...YALE...BELLAIR...STOY...ORANGE...
TRIMBLE AND WEST YORK.
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 3898 8756 3896 8836 3915 8835 3917 8819
3917 8801 3920 8800 3925 8760 3919 8759
3914 8765 3912 8763 3911 8763 3910 8761
3909 8762 3907 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 264DEG 26KT 3906 8830
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
GOETSCH2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KILX 101638
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1138 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011
ILC023-033-079-101730-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-110510T1730Z/
JASPER IL-CLARK IL-CRAWFORD IL-
1138 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
CRAWFORD...SOUTHERN CLARK AND NORTHERN JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM
CDT...
AT 1135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WHEELER...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...ROBINSON...HIDALGO...WILLOW HILL...OBLONG...ANNAPOLIS...
EATON...HUTSONVILLE...WEST UNION...PALESTINE...ROSE HILL...SAM PARR
STATE PARK...HUNT CITY...YALE...BELLAIR...STOY...ORANGE...
TRIMBLE...WEST YORK AND YORK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3898 8756 3897 8829 3916 8828 3917 8819
3917 8801 3920 8800 3925 8760 3919 8759
3914 8765 3912 8763 3911 8763 3910 8761
3909 8762 3907 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 1638Z 264DEG 26KT 3907 8823
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
GOETSCH860
WWUS53 KILX 101648
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1148 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011
ILC023-033-079-101658-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-110510T1730Z/
JASPER IL-CLARK IL-CRAWFORD IL-
1148 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CRAWFORD...SOUTHERN
CLARK AND NORTHERN JASPER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3898 8756 3897 8829 3916 8828 3917 8819
3917 8801 3920 8800 3925 8760 3919 8759
3914 8765 3912 8763 3911 8763 3910 8761
3909 8762 3907 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 264DEG 26KT 3908 8814
$$
GOETSCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 11:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 55 min |
| May 10, 11:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark | 63 min |
| May 10, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 27 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.