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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 2, 2012Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 8:42 AM CST for Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 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: Mar 2, 2012, 8:42 AM CST (14:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 9:15 AM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 2, 8:46 AM CST	HAIL 1	Paris, IL	SWOP REPORT.

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 2, 5:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 1770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

630 
WUUS53 KILX 021442
SVRILX
ILC045-021515-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0007.120302T1442Z-120302T1515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
842 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 915 AM CST.

* AT 838 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KANSAS...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  PARIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARIS...REDMON...OLIVER...VERMILION...BELL RIDGE...EDGAR COUNTY
  AIRPORT...EDGAR AND SCOTTLAND.

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 3948 8754 3948 8769 3949 8769 3948 8793
      3960 8796 3988 8753 3987 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 242DEG 45KT 3954 8782
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

BARNES

2 follow-up statements

658 
WWUS53 KILX 021453
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
853 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

ILC045-021515-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120302T1515Z/
EDGAR IL-
853 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
EDGAR COUNTY UNTIL 915 AM CST...

AT 852 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARIS...VERMILION...EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT...EDGAR AND SCOTTLAND.

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 3948 8754 3948 8769 3949 8769 3948 8793
      3960 8796 3988 8753 3987 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1453Z 242DEG 45KT 3962 8769
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

685 
WWUS53 KILX 021508
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
908 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

ILC045-021518-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120302T1515Z/
EDGAR IL-
908 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 AM CST...

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 11 AM CST.

LAT...LON 3948 8754 3948 8769 3949 8769 3948 8793
      3960 8796 3988 8753 3987 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1508Z 242DEG 45KT 3971 8747

$$

BARNES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 3:41 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more	16 hr
Mar 2, 7:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby	40 min
Mar 2, 8:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and 1 more	45 min
Mar 2, 8:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Sangamon	51 min
Mar 2, 8:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	38 min
Mar 2, 9:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Macon	54 min
Mar 2, 11:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	26 min
Mar 2, 11:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Edgar	30 min
Mar 2, 12:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	40 min
Mar 2, 1:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Lawrence	13 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.