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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 23, 2012Edgar County, Illinois

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

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

$$

GEELHART
2 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

$$
GEELHART
098 
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

$$
GEELHART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby29 min
Mar 23, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Moultrie42 min
Mar 23, 2:08 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay27 min
Mar 23, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Douglas35 min
Mar 23, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence, Richland31 min
Mar 23, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay, Effingham30 min
Mar 23, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence37 min
Mar 23, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland22 min
Mar 23, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign46 min
Mar 23, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay24 min
Mar 23, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar34 min
Mar 23, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign17 min
Mar 23, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion38 min
Mar 23, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion25 min
Mar 23, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion26 min
Mar 23, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean, Marshall, Woodford34 min
Mar 23, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion29 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.