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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

January 22, 2012Coles County, Cumberland County, Douglas County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 2012, 9:58 PM CST for Coles County, Cumberland County, Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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: Jan 22, 2012, 9:58 PM CST (03:58 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2012, 10:45 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 22, 10:20 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ssw Camargo, IL	DELAYED REPORT. TREE BLOWN DOWN ON ROUTE 130 WEST OF HUGO BLOCKING ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 494 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 471 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

929 
WUUS53 KILX 230358
SVRILX
ILC029-035-041-230445-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0002.120123T0358Z-120123T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
958 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST.

* AT 953 PM CST...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 COOKS MILL TO NEOGA...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TUSCOLA...CHARLESTON...ARCOLA...LERNA...JANESVILLE...CAMARGO...
  HINDSBORO...RARDIN...ASHMORE...OAKLAND...NEWMAN...COLES COUNTY
  AIRPORT...FOX RIDGE STATE PARK...FAIRGRANGE...BUSHTON AND MURDOCK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 171 AND 213.

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 3979 8797 3948 8796 3948 8801 3945 8802
      3924 8847 3977 8847 3988 8794 3979 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 231DEG 42KT 3966 8833 3938 8834
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
GEELHART

4 follow-up statements

355 
WWUS53 KILX 230411
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1011 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

ILC029-035-041-230445-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0445Z/
COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL-DOUGLAS IL-
1011 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DOUGLAS...
NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND COLES COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CST...

AT 1007 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ARCOLA TO LERNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL
MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHARLESTON...CAMARGO...HINDSBORO...RARDIN...OAKLAND...ASHMORE...
  NEWMAN...FOX RIDGE STATE PARK...FAIRGRANGE...BUSHTON AND MURDOCK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 213.

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 3979 8794 3979 8797 3948 8796 3948 8801
      3945 8802 3927 8840 3978 8839 3988 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 231DEG 42KT 3975 8818 3942 8826
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$
GEELHART

840 
WWUS53 KILX 230421
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1021 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

ILC035-230431-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0445Z/
CUMBERLAND IL-
1021 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE 
ACROSS NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM.

LAT...LON 3948 8801 3945 8802 3937 8818 3938 8827
      3968 8828 3979 8807 3979 8794 3979 8797
      3948 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 231DEG 41KT 3968 8813 3942 8811

$$
ILC029-041-230445-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0445Z/
COLES IL-DOUGLAS IL-
1021 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
DOUGLAS AND EASTERN COLES COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CST...

AT 1016 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM HINDSBORO TO JANESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. PENNY SIZE
HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RARDIN...ASHMORE AND OAKLAND.

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 3948 8801 3945 8802 3937 8818 3938 8827
      3968 8828 3979 8807 3979 8794 3979 8797
      3948 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 231DEG 41KT 3968 8813 3942 8811
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$
GEELHART

285 
WWUS53 KILX 230433
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1033 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

ILC029-041-230445-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0445Z/
COLES IL-DOUGLAS IL-
1033 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
DOUGLAS AND NORTHEASTERN COLES COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CST...

AT 1030 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEWMAN TO WESTFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN DOUGLAS AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
  COLES COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LINCOLN.

&&

LAT...LON 3948 8801 3945 8802 3945 8810 3970 8810
      3979 8807 3979 8797 3949 8796 3948 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 231DEG 41KT 3976 8799 3950 8797
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$
GEELHART

188 
WWUS53 KILX 230445
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1045 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

ILC029-041-230455-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0445Z/
COLES IL-DOUGLAS IL-
1045 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS AND
NORTHEASTERN COLES COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LINCOLN.

LAT...LON 3948 8801 3945 8802 3945 8810 3970 8810
      3979 8807 3979 8797 3949 8796 3948 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 231DEG 41KT 3976 8799 3950 8797

$$
GEELHART

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 22, 9:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby	35 min
Jan 22, 9:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Richland	29 min
Jan 22, 10:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Champaign	28 min
Jan 22, 10:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark, Edgar	29 min
Jan 22, 10:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Vermilion	25 min
Jan 22, 10:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	33 min
Jan 23, 4:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	10 days

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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.