Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2012, 1:54 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 38 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
- May 5, 2012, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2012, 2:32 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Richland County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1330 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
674 WUUS53 KILX 050654 SVRILX ILC025-049-079-159-050800- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0062.120505T0654Z-120505T0800Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 154 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 300 AM CDT. * AT 151 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOUISVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF FLORA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLORA...OLNEY...BIBLE GROVE...SAILOR SPRINGS...INGAHAM...CLAY CITY...BOGOTA...SCHNELL...NOBLE...DUNDAS...WEST LIBERTY... CALHOUN...NEWTON LAKE...WENDELIN...WAKEFIELD AND OLNEY NOBLE AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 148. 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 3890 8797 3863 8802 3862 8870 3897 8866 TIME...MOT...LOC 0654Z 278DEG 16KT 3882 8850 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ SMITH
3 follow-up statements
631
WWUS53 KILX 050712
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
212 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
ILC049-050722-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120505T0800Z/
EFFINGHAM IL-
212 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3863 8851 3891 8847 3891 8837 3893 8836
3890 8797 3863 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 272DEG 16KT 3876 8836
$$
ILC025-079-159-050800-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120505T0800Z/
JASPER IL-RICHLAND IL-CLAY IL-
212 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
CLAY...RICHLAND AND SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...
AT 208 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SAILOR SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORA...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLNEY...CLAY CITY...INGAHAM...SCHNELL...BOGOTA...NOBLE...WEST
LIBERTY...DUNDAS...CALHOUN...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 3863 8851 3891 8847 3891 8837 3893 8836
3890 8797 3863 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 272DEG 16KT 3876 8836
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
SMITH049
WWUS53 KILX 050721
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
221 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
ILC025-079-050731-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120505T0800Z/
JASPER IL-CLAY IL-
221 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CLAY AND SOUTHERN
JASPER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3873 8827 3873 8826 3885 8825 3885 8798
3863 8802 3863 8828
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 272DEG 16KT 3876 8831
$$
ILC159-050800-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120505T0800Z/
RICHLAND IL-
221 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RICHLAND
COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM CDT...
AT 217 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SAILOR SPRINGS...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORA...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLNEY...SCHNELL...NOBLE...DUNDAS...CALHOUN...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 3873 8827 3873 8826 3885 8825 3885 8798
3863 8802 3863 8828
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 272DEG 16KT 3876 8831
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
SMITH984
WWUS53 KILX 050732
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
232 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
ILC159-050742-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120505T0800Z/
RICHLAND IL-
232 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICHLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
LAT...LON 3873 8827 3873 8826 3885 8825 3885 8798
3863 8802 3863 8828
TIME...MOT...LOC 0732Z 272DEG 16KT 3876 8825
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Richland | 55 min |
| May 5, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Effingham | 64 min |
| May 5, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence | 55 min |
| May 5, 1:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 54 min |
| May 5, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 4 days |
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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.