Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2012, 3:44 PM CDT for Edgar 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, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Edgar County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.
715
WUUS53 KILX 232044
SVRILX
ILC045-232115-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0028.120323T2044Z-120323T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
344 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT.
* AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REDMON...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARIS...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHRISMAN...HUME...EDGAR...METCALF AND PALERMO.
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 3962 8791 3979 8794 3988 8793 3988 8767
3963 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 174DEG 25KT 3970 8780
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
GEELHART2 follow-up statements
874
WWUS53 KILX 232100
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
400 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
ILC045-232115-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120323T2115Z/
EDGAR IL-
400 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
EDGAR COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF CHRISMAN...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF
PARIS...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALERMO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3975 8793 3979 8794 3988 8793 3988 8767
3975 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 178DEG 38KT 3984 8777
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
GEELHART098
WWUS53 KILX 232111
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
411 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
ILC045-232121-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120323T2115Z/
EDGAR IL-
411 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EDGAR COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.
LAT...LON 3975 8793 3979 8794 3988 8793 3988 8767
3975 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 178DEG 38KT 3996 8778
$$
GEELHARTThe 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, 2:44 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.