Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 2011, 8:33 PM CST for Fulton County, Peoria County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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
- Feb 27, 2011, 8:33 PM CST (02:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 9:05 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Fulton County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 5:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
765 WUUS53 KILX 280233 SVRILX ILC057-143-179-280315- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0008.110228T0233Z-110228T0315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 833 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 915 PM CST. * AT 828 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. DAVID...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEORIA...GLASFORD...TRIVOLI...HANNA CITY...BARTONVILLE... BELLEVUE...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...EAST PEORIA...KINGSTON MINES...MAPLETON...SMITHVILLE...PEORIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...NORTH PEKIN...NORWOOD AND PEORIA HEIGHTS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 99. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN. && LAT...LON 4084 8969 4066 8945 4046 8994 4055 9008 TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 233DEG 42KT 4055 8994 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ GEELHART
2 follow-up statements
795 WWUS53 KILX 280249 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 849 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ILC057-143-179-280315- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110228T0315Z/ FULTON IL-TAZEWELL IL-PEORIA IL- 849 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PEORIA...NORTHWESTERN TAZEWELL AND EAST CENTRAL FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CST... AT 847 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLASFORD...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEKIN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. ALTHOUGH THIS PARTICULAR STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF FULTON COUNTY... ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE CANTON AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEORIA...HANNA CITY...BARTONVILLE...BELLEVUE...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS... CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...EAST PEORIA...PEORIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...NORTH PEKIN...NORWOOD AND PEORIA HEIGHTS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 99. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN. && LAT...LON 4084 8969 4066 8945 4046 8994 4055 9008 TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 233DEG 42KT 4064 8977 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ GEELHART
337 WWUS53 KILX 280305 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 905 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ILC057-143-179-280315- /O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110228T0315Z/ FULTON IL-TAZEWELL IL-PEORIA IL- 905 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PEORIA...NORTHWESTERN TAZEWELL AND EAST CENTRAL FULTON 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. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. LAT...LON 4084 8969 4066 8945 4046 8994 4055 9008 TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 233DEG 42KT 4075 8957 $$ GEELHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 38 min |
| 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, 8:42 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 |
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.