Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2012, 1:39 PM CDT for McLean County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 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
- Aug 16, 2012, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2012, 2:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McLean County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
567 WUUS53 KILX 161839 SVRILX ILC113-179-161945- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0098.120816T1839Z-120816T1945Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 139 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT. * AT 136 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 NEAR TREMONT...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEKIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLOOMINGTON...HOPEDALE...MACKINAW...MINIER...STANFORD...DANVERS... NORMAL...DOWNS...SHIRLEY AND BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT. 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 4054 8880 4030 8883 4040 8966 4058 8963 TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 276DEG 44KT 4048 8951 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ GOETSCH
3 follow-up statements
272 WWUS53 KILX 161856 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 156 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ILC113-179-161945- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120816T1945Z/ MCLEAN IL-TAZEWELL IL- 156 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL TAZEWELL AND SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MINIER...OR 16 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLOOMINGTON...DANVERS...NORMAL...DOWNS...SHIRLEY AND BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4040 8961 4057 8945 4054 8880 4030 8883 TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 276DEG 44KT 4046 8922 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ GOETSCH
224 WWUS53 KILX 161910 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 210 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ILC113-179-161945- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120816T1945Z/ MCLEAN IL-TAZEWELL IL- 210 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL AND SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 208 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 NEAR BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLOOMINGTON...DOWNS AND BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT. 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 4037 8937 4056 8915 4054 8880 4030 8883 TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 276DEG 44KT 4044 8900 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ GOETSCH
321 WWUS53 KILX 161921 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 221 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ILC113-179-161932- /O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120816T1945Z/ MCLEAN IL-TAZEWELL IL- 221 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL AND SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4037 8937 4056 8915 4054 8880 4030 8883 TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 276DEG 44KT 4042 8882 $$ GOETSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie and 2 more | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Edgar, Vermilion | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Jasper | 17 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.