Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2013, 12:25 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 16, 2013, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2013, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:34 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Sw Latham, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 702 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
461
WUUS53 KILX 160525
SVRILX
ILC039-107-115-167-160615-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0013.130416T0525Z-130416T0615Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1225 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
* AT 1220 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ILLIOPOLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NIANTIC...LATHAM...WARRENSBURG...FORSYTH...MAROA...OREANA...
ARGENTA...ROWELL...WELDON SPRINGS STATE PARK AND LANE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 155.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3994 8875 3982 8923 3983 8925 3981 8926
3980 8931 3999 8938 4017 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 249DEG 42KT 3992 8922
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KILX 160537
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1237 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2013
ILC039-107-115-167-160615-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130416T0615Z/
LOGAN IL-MACON IL-SANGAMON IL-DE WITT IL-
1237 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DE
WITT...NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON...NORTHERN MACON AND SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...
AT 1232 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LATHAM...AND
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORSYTH...MAROA...OREANA...ARGENTA...WELDON...ROWELL AND LANE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 155.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3994 8875 3982 8923 3983 8925 3981 8926
3980 8931 3999 8938 4017 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 0537Z 249DEG 42KT 3997 8905
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
BAK632
WWUS53 KILX 160551
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1251 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2013
ILC039-107-115-167-160601-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130416T0615Z/
LOGAN IL-MACON IL-SANGAMON IL-DE WITT IL-
1251 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DE WITT...
NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON...NORTHERN MACON AND SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN
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 SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM.
LAT...LON 3994 8875 3982 8923 3983 8925 3981 8926
3980 8931 3999 8938 4017 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 0551Z 249DEG 42KT 4003 8885
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Shelby | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 3:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Piatt | 8 days |
| Apr 16, 3:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more | 60 hr |
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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.