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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2012, 1:11 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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
- Mar 23, 2012, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 1:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:13 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Effingham, IL | |
| Mar 23, 1:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Wsw Etna, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
477 WUUS53 KILX 231811 SVRILX ILC029-035-049-173-231900- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0017.120323T1811Z-120323T1900Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 111 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 200 PM CDT. * AT 107 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 1 MILE SOUTH OF EFFINGHAM...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TEUTOPOLIS...SHUMWAY...STEWARDSON...NEOGA...WINDSOR...LERNA... SIGEL...TROWBRIDGE...STRASBURG...ETNA...TRILLA AND PARADISE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 184. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 103. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3945 8866 3942 8825 3903 8846 3905 8868 TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 192DEG 25KT 3911 8853 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN $$ GEELHART
3 follow-up statements
622 WWUS53 KILX 231821 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 121 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ILC029-035-049-173-231900- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120323T1900Z/ SHELBY IL-COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL-EFFINGHAM IL- 121 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM...WESTERN CUMBERLAND...SOUTHWESTERN COLES AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EFFINGHAM...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN EFFINGHAM OF HAIL RANGING FROM NICKEL TO GOLF BALL SIZE. AN ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD RECENTLY DEVELOPED ALONG THE SHELBY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY BORDER NEAR NEOGA...AND WAS ALSO MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STEWARDSON...NEOGA...WINDSOR...LERNA...SIGEL...TROWBRIDGE... STRASBURG...ETNA...TRILLA AND PARADISE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 184. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 103. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3945 8866 3942 8825 3908 8843 3910 8865 TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 192DEG 25KT 3917 8851 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN $$ GEELHART
941 WWUS53 KILX 231831 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 131 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ILC049-231840- /O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120323T1900Z/ EFFINGHAM IL- 131 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO SHELBY COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3944 8854 3942 8832 3922 8847 3922 8862 TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 198DEG 17KT 3937 8845 $$ ILC029-035-173-231900- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120323T1900Z/ SHELBY IL-COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL- 131 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND...SOUTHWESTERN COLES AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 126 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE MATTOON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MATTOON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ETNA...TRILLA AND PARADISE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 184. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3944 8854 3942 8832 3922 8847 3922 8862 TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 198DEG 17KT 3937 8845 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN $$ GEELHART
497 WWUS53 KILX 231840 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 140 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ILC029-035-173-231848- /O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120323T1900Z/ SHELBY IL-COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL- 140 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN COLES COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. LAT...LON 3944 8854 3942 8832 3922 8847 3922 8862 TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 198DEG 17KT 3941 8843 $$ GEELHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 37 min |
| Mar 23, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 22 min |
| Mar 23, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 24 min |
| Mar 23, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 17 min |
| Mar 23, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Marshall, Woodford | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.