Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2012, 2:59 PM CDT for Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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, 3:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Newton, IL | POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ONTO EAST 600TH AVENUE ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF NEWTON. |
| Jul 8, 3:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ene Newton, IL | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT THE IL 33/49 JUNCTION ABOUT 6 MILES E/NE OF NEWTON. |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
237
WUUS53 KILX 081959
SVRILX
ILC049-079-082100-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0082.120708T1959Z-120708T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
259 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT.
* AT 255 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 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BIBLE GROVE...OR 12 MILES WEST OF NEWTON...AND MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...WHEELER...BOGOTA...STE. MARIE...WILLOW HILL...WEST
LIBERTY...LATONA...NEWTON LAKE...SAM PARR STATE PARK AND HUNT CITY.
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 3888 8836 3891 8837 3891 8842 3902 8844
3911 8795 3885 8795 3885 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 267DEG 12KT 3894 8836
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
BARNES2 follow-up statements
422
WWUS53 KILX 082033
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
333 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012
ILC049-079-082100-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120708T2100Z/
JASPER IL-EFFINGHAM IL-
333 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
EFFINGHAM AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WHEELER...OR 11 MILES WEST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED DOWNSTREAM ACROSS ALL
OF SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY AS WELL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...WHEELER...BOGOTA...WEST LIBERTY...STE. MARIE...WILLOW
HILL...LATONA...NEWTON LAKE...SAM PARR STATE PARK AND HUNT CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3888 8836 3891 8837 3891 8842 3902 8844
3911 8795 3885 8795 3885 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 267DEG 12KT 3896 8836
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
BARNES402
WWUS53 KILX 082057
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
357 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012
ILC049-079-082107-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120708T2100Z/
JASPER IL-EFFINGHAM IL-
357 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM AND
JASPER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 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 3888 8836 3891 8837 3891 8842 3902 8844
3911 8795 3885 8795 3885 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 267DEG 12KT 3896 8825
$$
BARNESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 54 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.