Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 1:28 PM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 47 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 17, 2011, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bond County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Marion County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Washington County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 171828
SVRLSX
ILC005-027-051-121-157-189-171915-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0332.110617T1828Z-110617T1915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
128 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 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 BEAVER CREEK TO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF IRVINGTON TO PINCKNEYVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
CHESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CENTRALIA...SALEM...ASHLEY...TAMALCO...IRVINGTON...SHATTUC...
WAMAC...BOULDER...CENTRAL CITY...SANDOVAL...FAIRMAN...PATOKA...
ODIN...KINMUNDY...HELM...OMEGA...FARINA...STEPHEN FORBES STATE
PARK...HUEY AND HOFFMAN.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 8914 3822 8914 3821 8940 3800 8959
3782 8967 3785 8979 3786 8980 3799 8960
3821 8940 3839 8938 3883 8954 3884 8869
3848 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 269DEG 41KT 3874 8933 3840 8921
3807 8933 3783 8978
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
KANOFSKY3 follow-up statements
867
WWUS53 KLSX 171848
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
148 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
ILC157-189-171858-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0332.000000T0000Z-110617T1915Z/
RANDOLPH IL-WASHINGTON IL-
148 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3847 8915 3850 8915 3853 8923 3883 8945
3884 8869 3848 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 269DEG 41KT 3874 8903 3840 8892
3807 8904 3783 8949
$$
ILC005-027-051-121-171915-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0332.000000T0000Z-110617T1915Z/
MARION IL-FAYETTE IL-BOND IL-CLINTON IL-
148 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
CLINTON...SOUTHEASTERN BOND...SOUTHERN FAYETTE AND MARION COUNTIES
UNTIL 215 PM CDT...
AT 143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 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 PATOKA TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WOODLAWN TO SESSER TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AVA...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALEM...KINMUNDY...OMEGA...HELM...FARINA...STEPHEN FORBES STATE
PARK...KELL...CARTTER...ALMA...BRUBAKER AND IUKA.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 8915 3850 8915 3853 8923 3883 8945
3884 8869 3848 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 269DEG 41KT 3874 8903 3840 8892
3807 8904 3783 8949
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
KANOFSKY802
WWUS53 KLSX 171854
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
154 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
ILC005-027-171904-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0332.000000T0000Z-110617T1915Z/
BOND IL-CLINTON IL-
154 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLINTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN BOND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3859 8869 3848 8869 3847 8915 3883 8914
3884 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 269DEG 41KT 3874 8894 3840 8883
3807 8895 3783 8941
$$
ILC051-121-171915-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0332.000000T0000Z-110617T1915Z/
MARION IL-FAYETTE IL-
154 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FAYETTE AND MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT...
AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 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 7 MILES WEST OF KINMUNDY TO 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON TO SESSER TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
AVA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINMUNDY...OMEGA...HELM...STEPHEN FORBES STATE PARK...FARINA...
ALMA...BRUBAKER AND IUKA.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3859 8869 3848 8869 3847 8915 3883 8914
3884 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 269DEG 41KT 3874 8894 3840 8883
3807 8895 3783 8941
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
KANOFSKY293
WWUS53 KLSX 171911
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
211 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
ILC051-121-171919-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0332.000000T0000Z-110617T1915Z/
MARION IL-FAYETTE IL-
211 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND
MARION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT...
THE STRONGEST PART OF THE LINE WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 3859 8869 3848 8869 3847 8915 3883 8914
3884 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 269DEG 41KT 3874 8872 3840 8861
3807 8873 3783 8920
$$
KANOFSKYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 12:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, Monroe and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 40 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.