Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2011, 7:27 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 5, 2011, 7:27 AM CDT (12:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2011, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bond County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Marion County, IL, Montgomery County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 2668 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KLSX 051227
SVRLSX
ILC005-051-121-135-051315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0247.110605T1227Z-110605T1315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
727 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 815 AM CDT
* AT 725 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR VAN BURENSBURG...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF VANDALIA...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VANDALIA...MULBERRY GROVE...RAMSEY...SHOBONIER...BROWNSTOWN...
WRIGHTS CORNER...ST. ELMO...FARINA...KINMUNDY...BAYLE CITY...
SHAFTER...HAGERSTOWN...AVENA...ST. PAUL...ST. JAMES...LOOGOOTEE AND
ST. PETER.
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 3876 8880 3895 8944 3928 8923 3927 8913
3922 8913 3922 8881 3892 8880 3891 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 1227Z 293DEG 26KT 3905 8926
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
GLASS2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KLSX 051250
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
750 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011
ILC005-135-051300-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-110605T1315Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-
750 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BOND AND
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3876 8880 3890 8925 3921 8923 3922 8881
3892 8880 3891 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 293DEG 26KT 3898 8906
$$
ILC051-121-051315-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-110605T1315Z/
MARION IL-FAYETTE IL-
750 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE AND
NORTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM CDT...
AT 747 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
VANDALIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHOBONIER...BROWNSTOWN...WRIGHTS CORNER...ST. ELMO...FARINA...
KINMUNDY...AVENA...ST. PAUL...ST. JAMES...LOOGOOTEE AND ST. PETER.
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 3876 8880 3890 8925 3921 8923 3922 8881
3892 8880 3891 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 293DEG 26KT 3898 8906
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
GLASS765
WWUS53 KLSX 051307
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
807 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011
ILC051-121-051316-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-110605T1315Z/
MARION IL-FAYETTE IL-
807 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE AND NORTH CENTRAL
MARION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON.
LAT...LON 3876 8880 3890 8925 3921 8923 3922 8881
3892 8880 3891 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 1306Z 293DEG 26KT 3893 8892
$$
CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Macoupin, Montgomery | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 23 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.