Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 11:22 AM CST for Clay County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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 2, 2012, 11:22 AM CST (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 11:48 AM CST
- In force
- 26 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
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
793
WUUS53 KILX 021722
SVRILX
ILC025-049-079-021815-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0008.120302T1722Z-120302T1815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1122 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CST.
* AT 1120 AM CST...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
EDGEWOOD...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATSON...BIBLE GROVE...INGAHAM...DIETERICH...WHEELER...BOGOTA...
MASON...HORD...ELLIOTSTOWN...WENDELIN...NEWTON LAKE...LATONA AND
GILA.
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3874 8870 3891 8870 3891 8879 3893 8880
3918 8830 3887 8808 3885 8819 3885 8826
3883 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 242DEG 39KT 3891 8865
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
BARNES2 follow-up statements
946
WWUS53 KILX 021738
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1138 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ILC025-049-079-021815-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120302T1815Z/
JASPER IL-CLAY IL-EFFINGHAM IL-
1138 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
EFFINGHAM...NORTHERN CLAY AND WESTERN JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM
CST...
AT 1134 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WATSON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EFFINGHAM...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...DIETERICH...WHEELER...BOGOTA...WENDELIN...NEWTON LAKE...
LATONA AND GILA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3874 8870 3891 8870 3891 8879 3893 8880
3918 8830 3887 8808 3885 8819 3885 8826
3883 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 242DEG 39KT 3899 8842
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
BARNES139
WWUS53 KILX 021748
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1148 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ILC025-049-079-021758-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120302T1815Z/
JASPER IL-CLAY IL-EFFINGHAM IL-
1148 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM...NORTHERN
CLAY AND WESTERN JASPER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST.
LAT...LON 3874 8870 3891 8870 3891 8879 3893 8880
3918 8830 3887 8808 3885 8819 3885 8826
3883 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 242DEG 39KT 3904 8830
$$
BARNESThe 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, 8:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 9:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 54 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.