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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 23, 2012Champaign County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2012, 2:44 PM CDT for Champaign County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 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, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Champaign County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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, 2:50 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	1 Se Philo, IL
Mar 23, 3:06 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	3 Se Urbana, 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, 7.7 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.

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: 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

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The text

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

538 
WUUS53 KILX 231944
SVRILX
ILC019-232030-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0023.120323T1944Z-120323T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
244 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.

* AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PHILO...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CHAMPAIGN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHAMPAIGN...RANTOUL...SIDNEY...SAVOY...URBANA...THOMASBORO...
  GIFFORD...FLATVILLE AND LUDLOW.

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 3990 8811 3992 8828 4040 8826 4041 8800
      4040 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 187DEG 29KT 4000 8817
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

CHS

2 follow-up statements

029 
WWUS53 KILX 232002
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
302 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

ILC019-232030-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120323T2030Z/
CHAMPAIGN IL-
302 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR URBANA...OR 7 MILES EAST OF CHAMPAIGN...
MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 250 PM DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED ONE MILE 
SOUTHEAST OF PHILO WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RANTOUL...THOMASBORO...GIFFORD...FLATVILLE AND LUDLOW.

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 4000 8808 4004 8827 4040 8826 4041 8800
      4040 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 187DEG 29KT 4011 8814
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

CHS

688 
WWUS53 KILX 232016
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
316 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

ILC019-232030-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120323T2030Z/
CHAMPAIGN IL-
316 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THOMASBORO...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF
RANTOUL...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RANTOUL...GIFFORD AND LUDLOW.

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 4012 8805 4012 8822 4040 8826 4041 8800
      4040 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 187DEG 29KT 4024 8812
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

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, 2:12 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, 2:53 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

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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.