Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2012, 1:51 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 min. 3 reports 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
- Jul 8, 2012, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lawrence County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | Mount Carmel Airport, IL | RELAYED BY LAWRENCE CO EMA |
| Jul 8, 2:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw St. Francisville, IL | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. FRANCISVILLE. |
| Jul 8, 2:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Lawrenceville, IL | TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN ONTO POWER LINES ON BILLETT ROAD SOUTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE. |
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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 588 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
280
WUUS53 KILX 081851
SVRILX
ILC101-081945-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0081.120708T1851Z-120708T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
151 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT.
* AT 148 PM 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 5 MILES
WEST OF ST. FRANCISVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...MOUNT CARMEL AIRPORT AND BILLETT.
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 3871 8752 3869 8752 3868 8754 3866 8760
3861 8762 3859 8761 3859 8763 3857 8764
3857 8785 3871 8785 3875 8750 3874 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 270DEG 7KT 3862 8773
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
BARNES2 follow-up statements
762
WWUS53 KILX 081912
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
212 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012
ILC101-081945-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-120708T1945Z/
LAWRENCE IL-
212 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT...
AT 205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES WEST OF ST. FRANCISVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
AT 2 PM CDT...THE MOUNT CARMEL AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 75
MPH WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ST. FRANCISVILLE...MOUNT CARMEL AIRPORT AND
BILLETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3871 8752 3869 8752 3868 8754 3866 8760
3861 8762 3859 8761 3859 8763 3857 8764
3857 8785 3871 8785 3875 8750 3874 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 269DEG 5KT 3862 8774
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
BARNES271
WWUS53 KILX 081937
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
237 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012
ILC101-081947-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-120708T1945Z/
LAWRENCE IL-
237 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 245 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3871 8752 3869 8752 3868 8754 3866 8760
3861 8762 3859 8761 3859 8763 3857 8764
3857 8785 3871 8785 3875 8750 3874 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 269DEG 5KT 3860 8769
$$
BARNESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Jasper | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 3:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 65 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.