Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2012, 2:12 PM CDT for Champaign County, Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 23, 2012, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 2:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Champaign County, IL, Douglas County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 41 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.
385 WUUS53 KILX 231912 SVRILX ILC019-041-232000- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0019.120323T1912Z-120323T2000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 212 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT. * AT 207 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUMBOLDT...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF MATTOON... AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TUSCOLA...CAMARGO...VILLA GROVE...PESOTUM...BOURBON...GARRETT AND SADORUS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 202 AND 225. 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN. && LAT...LON 3998 8845 3999 8807 3965 8821 3965 8847 TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 187DEG 29KT 3969 8838 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ GEELHART
2 follow-up statements
019 WWUS53 KILX 231928 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 228 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ILC019-041-232000- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120323T2000Z/ CHAMPAIGN IL-DOUGLAS IL- 228 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VILLA GROVE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUSCOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN. && LAT...LON 3976 8816 3986 8835 3999 8825 3999 8807 TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 214DEG 26KT 3988 8818 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ CHS
766 WWUS53 KILX 231947 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 247 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ILC019-041-231956- /O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120323T2000Z/ CHAMPAIGN IL-DOUGLAS IL- 247 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM FOR CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN. LAT...LON 3976 8816 3986 8835 3999 8825 3999 8807 TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 214DEG 26KT 3999 8808 $$ CHS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby | 29 min |
| 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, 2:14 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.