Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2012, 7:24 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 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
- Jun 16, 2012, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 573 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
876
WUUS53 KILX 170024
SVRILX
ILC057-095-170130-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0074.120617T0024Z-120617T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
724 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PRAIRIE CITY TO ADAIR...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEWISTOWN...CANTON...IPAVA...AVON...LONDON MILLS...CUBA...
FAIRVIEW...ST. DAVID...MAQUON...FARMINGTON...YATES CITY...
MARIETTA...BERNADOTTE...ST. AUGUSTINE...SMITHFIELD...ELLISVILLE...
FIATT...BRYANT...LITTLE AMERICA AND DUNFERMLINE.
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 4063 8999 4062 8987 4051 8987 4045 8991
4027 9045 4079 9045 4089 8998
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 247DEG 33KT 4063 9049 4037 9043
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
BAK1 follow-up statement
312
WWUS53 KILX 170121
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
821 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
ILC057-095-170131-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120617T0130Z/
FULTON IL-KNOX IL-
821 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN KNOX AND FULTON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4063 8999 4062 8987 4051 8987 4045 8991
4027 9045 4079 9045 4089 8998
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 247DEG 33KT 4083 8986 4057 8980
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 18 min |
| Jun 16, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 40 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.