Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2012, 8:47 AM CDT for Clay County, Jasper County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 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
- May 4, 2012, 8:47 AM CDT (13:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2012, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Clay County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:51 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Hord, IL |
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 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
776 WUUS53 KILX 041347 SVRILX ILC025-079-159-041430- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0060.120504T1347Z-120504T1430Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 847 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 930 AM CDT. * AT 843 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BIBLE GROVE TO LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLNEY...BIBLE GROVE...INGAHAM...SAILOR SPRINGS...CLAY CITY... BOGOTA...NOBLE...WEST LIBERTY...DUNDAS...NEWTON LAKE...WENDELIN... WAKEFIELD AND OLNEY NOBLE AIRPORT. 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 3868 8863 3891 8852 3893 8795 3866 8805 TIME...MOT...LOC 1347Z 270DEG 32KT 3891 8844 3874 8851 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ BARNES
2 follow-up statements
679 WWUS53 KILX 041415 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 915 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ILC025-041423- /O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-120504T1430Z/ CLAY IL- 915 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3867 8828 3892 8820 3893 8795 3866 8805 TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 270DEG 32KT 3888 8817 3868 8823 $$ ILC079-159-041430- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-120504T1430Z/ JASPER IL-RICHLAND IL- 915 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM CDT... AT 911 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOGOTA TO NOBLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLNEY...WEST LIBERTY...DUNDAS AND OLNEY NOBLE AIRPORT. 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 3867 8828 3892 8820 3893 8795 3866 8805 TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 270DEG 32KT 3888 8817 3868 8823 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ BARNES
805 WWUS53 KILX 041427 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 927 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ILC079-159-041437- /O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-120504T1430Z/ JASPER IL-RICHLAND IL- 927 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 AM CDT... THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3867 8828 3892 8820 3893 8795 3866 8805 TIME...MOT...LOC 1427Z 270DEG 32KT 3888 8801 3868 8807 $$ BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall | 64 min |
| May 3, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 54 min |
| May 3, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 51 min |
| May 3, 8:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall | 6 hr |
| May 3, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 44 min |
| May 3, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 61 min |
| May 4, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 53 min |
| May 4, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria | 46 min |
| May 4, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 35 min |
| May 4, 2:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall | 6 hr |
| May 4, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.