Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2012, 2:14 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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 170 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.
616 WUUS53 KILX 231914 SVRILX ILC101-159-231945- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0020.120323T1914Z-120323T1945Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 214 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT. * AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARKERSBURG...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF OLNEY... AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLNEY...CALHOUN...CLAREMONT...SUMNER...DUNDAS...CHAUNCEY... BERRYVILLE AND RED HILLS STATE PARK. 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 3858 8816 3885 8813 3885 8778 3857 8789 TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 194DEG 36KT 3860 8803 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ GEELHART
2 follow-up statements
046 WWUS53 KILX 231930 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 230 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ILC101-159-231945- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120323T1945Z/ LAWRENCE IL-RICHLAND IL- 230 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN RICHLAND AND NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAREMONT...OR 7 MILES EAST OF OLNEY...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DUNDAS AND CHAUNCEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN. && LAT...LON 3865 8809 3885 8809 3885 8778 3865 8786 TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 194DEG 36KT 3874 8795 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ GEELHART
530 WWUS53 KILX 231942 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 242 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ILC101-159-231951- /O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120323T1945Z/ LAWRENCE IL-RICHLAND IL- 242 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND AND WEST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST RICHLAND AND THE REMAINDER OF LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM. LAT...LON 3865 8809 3885 8809 3885 8778 3865 8786 TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 194DEG 36KT 3885 8791 $$ GEELHART
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, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.