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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 30, 2013Fulton County, Knox County, Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2013, 4:21 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 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: May 30, 2013, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2013, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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
May 30, 4:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 W Brooklyn, IL	SOME SMALL TREES BLOWN DOWN AT THE WEINBERG KING STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE AREA. LARGER TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 101 EAST OF AUGUSTA NEAR THE SCHUYLER AND HANCOCK COUNTY LINE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 24 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 12:32 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

335 
WUUS53 KILX 302121
SVRILX
ILC057-095-169-302215-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0041.130530T2121Z-130530T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
421 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 417 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF ELIZA TO RARITAN TO
  BEVERLY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.

  HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
           BE DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE TREE
           DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSHVILLE...GALESBURG...LEWISTOWN...CANTON...BROOKLYN...
  LITTLETON...AVON...ABINGDON...RIO...VERMONT...WATAGA...KNOXVILLE...
  BROWNING...ONEIDA...LONDON MILLS...ASTORIA...IPAVA...GILSON...
  ALTONA AND MAQUON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 67.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS 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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 
WIND DAMAGE NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 80 
MPH REPORTED AT BURLINGTON IOWA AT 4 PM. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A 
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9091 4029 9045 4115 9045 4115 8999
      4063 8999 4049 8994 4022 9015 4014 9028
      4012 9037 4009 9039 3998 9060 4010 9071
      4011 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 231DEG 38KT 4146 9093 4071 9075
          3985 9092

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...80MPH

$$

KMH

4 follow-up statements

492 
WWUS53 KILX 302137
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
437 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ILC057-095-169-302215-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-130530T2215Z/
SCHUYLER IL-FULTON IL-KNOX IL-
437 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KNOX...FULTON
AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 434 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM SHALE CITY TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSEVILLE TO
MOUNT STERLING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.

HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE
         DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND
         POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSHVILLE...GALESBURG...LEWISTOWN...CANTON...LITTLETON...AVON...
RIO...ABINGDON...VERMONT...WATAGA...KNOXVILLE...BROWNING...ONEIDA...
LONDON MILLS...ASTORIA...IPAVA...ALTONA...GILSON...MAQUON AND
FAIRVIEW.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 67.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS 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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 
WIND DAMAGE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 MPH. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A 
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9091 4029 9045 4115 9045 4115 8999
      4063 8999 4049 8994 4022 9015 4014 9028
      4012 9037 4009 9039 3998 9060 4010 9071
      4011 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 228DEG 46KT 4120 9061 4083 9055
          3997 9073

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...80MPH

$$

07

402 
WWUS53 KILX 302151
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
451 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ILC057-095-169-302215-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-130530T2215Z/
SCHUYLER IL-FULTON IL-KNOX IL-
451 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KNOX...FULTON
AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 445 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW WINDSOR TO 4 MILES WEST OF GALESBURG TO
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT STERLING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.

HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE
         DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND
         POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSHVILLE...LEWISTOWN...CANTON...ABINGDON...AVON...WATAGA...
KNOXVILLE...VERMONT...ONEIDA...BROWNING...LONDON MILLS...ALTONA...
GILSON...ASTORIA...IPAVA...VICTORIA...MAQUON...FAIRVIEW...CUBA AND
WILLIAMSFIELD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 67.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS 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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 
WIND DAMAGE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 MPH. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A 
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9091 4029 9045 4115 9045 4115 8999
      4063 8999 4049 8994 4022 9015 4014 9028
      4012 9037 4009 9039 3998 9060 4010 9071
      4011 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 228DEG 46KT 4121 9041 4094 9038
          4008 9060

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...80MPH

$$

KMH

159 
WWUS53 KILX 302203
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
503 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ILC057-095-169-302215-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-130530T2215Z/
SCHUYLER IL-FULTON IL-KNOX IL-
503 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KNOX...FULTON
AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 456 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM WOODHULL TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF KNOXVILLE TO 7 MILES
SOUTH OF RUSHVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEWISTOWN...CANTON...LONDON MILLS...GILSON...ALTONA...MAQUON...
VICTORIA...IPAVA...BROWNING...ASTORIA...FAIRVIEW...CUBA...
WILLIAMSFIELD...YATES CITY...FARMINGTON...ST. DAVID...FREDERICK...
SMITHFIELD...BERNADOTTE AND DAHINDA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 67.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS 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.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 
MPH. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9091 4029 9045 4115 9045 4115 8999
      4063 8999 4049 8994 4022 9015 4014 9028
      4012 9037 4009 9039 3998 9060 4010 9071
      4011 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 228DEG 46KT 4122 9022 4089 9021
          4008 9052

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

KMH

227 
WWUS53 KILX 302216
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
516 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ILC057-095-169-302226-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-130530T2215Z/
SCHUYLER IL-FULTON IL-KNOX IL-
516 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KNOX...FULTON AND SCHUYLER
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE UNTIL SUNSET WITH 
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 
PM CDT THIS EVENING.

LAT...LON 4028 9091 4029 9045 4115 9045 4115 8999
      4063 8999 4049 8994 4022 9015 4014 9028
      4012 9037 4009 9039 3998 9060 4010 9071
      4011 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 228DEG 46KT 4122 9021 4089 9021
          4008 9052

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 30, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
253 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 242 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES (ESPECIALLY
ON FRIDAY). HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR CONCERN...ESPECIALLY
OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS THAT WILL AFFECT
THE ILLINOIS...SANGAMON AND SPOON BASINS (SEE HYDRO SECTION BELOW).
NO CHANGES PLANNED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF
OF THE FORECAST AREA.

SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF
CENTRAL ILLINOIS IN A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH MIXED
LAYER CAPES OF 1500-2000 J/KG. UPPER AIR DATA INDICATED 40-50 KTS
AT 850 MB ALONG WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOW TEENS OVER PARTS OF
ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI STREAMING NORTHEAST TOWARDS ARE AREA.
FURTHER TO THE WEST...A MORE LINEAR COMPLEX OF STORMS WAS TRACKING
EAST AND NORTHEAST OVER PARTS OF MISSOURI AND SHOULD PUSH THRU OUR
AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AFTER THAT...WILL TRY TO BRING IN A
BREAK WITH THE PRECIP LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BEFORE ANOTHER
COMPLEX OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE APPROACHING THE AREA BY FRIDAY
MORNING.

WIND PROFILES...ALTHOUGH RATHER STRONG TODAY...WILL PALE IN COMPARISON
TO WHAT THE MODELS ARE DEPICTING FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS A SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO ROTATE NE TOWARDS THE REGION
DURING THE DAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATING SB CAPES OF 1800-2100
J/KG WITH 0-3KM HELICITY VALUES OF 250-300...AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES
OF 50 KTS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
POSSIBLE INCLUDING A FEW TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE
HAIL...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL TOTALS OF BETWEEN 2
TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN...AND THAT APPEARS
MOST LIKELY TOMORROW NIGHT OVER SOUTHWEST THRU CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

THE COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH ONE
MORE ROUND OF STORMS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF
THE FORECAST AREA. LINGERING RAIN CHANCES WILL BE WITH US SUNDAY NIGHT
WITH THE SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW FINALLY PULLING AWAY FROM THE LOWER
LAKES REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK.

LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ALTHOUGH QUIETER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...ANOTHER SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH
INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY TUESDAY AND START AFFECTING OUR AREA AGAIN
WITH RAIN EITHER LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY...AND UNFORTUNATELY...
RAIN CHANCES WILL HANG AROUND SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THAT AS THE UPPER
LEVEL LOW SLOWLY TRACKS ACRS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER
LAKES REGION BY NEXT THURSDAY.

SMITH
&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 1258 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR
ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL TRACK FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA...PRIMARILY IMPACTING LOCATIONS
WEST OF I-57. BASED ON LATEST RADAR DATA...HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO
GROUP FOR THUNDER AT ALL TAF SITES EXCEPT KCMI. WILL NEED TO
MONITOR LARGER COMPLEX OF STORMS DEVELOPING FURTHER WEST OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AS IT MAY WORK ITS WAY EASTWARD INTO THE AREA
TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME...WILL FOCUS ON THE IMMEDIATE CONVECTION
THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING AND KEEP OVERNIGHT FORECAST DRY
UNTIL TRENDS BECOME MORE APPARENT. WINDS WILL BE STRONG/GUSTY
THROUGH THE PERIOD. GUSTS WILL FREQUENTLY EXCEED 30KT THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15KT LATE
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

BARNES
&&

.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED 245 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST
ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO SATURDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR
ANOTHER 2 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE ILLIINOIS
AND SPOON ARE ALREADY SEEING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OCCURRING WHILE
THE SANGAMON BASIN WAS EXPERIENCING MODERATE IN BANK RISES.
EVENTUALLY...THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINS WILL SHIFT GRADUALLY EAST
AND SOUTH LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...WITH THE WABASH...LITTLE
WABASH AND EMBARRAS BASINS NEXT TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES IN RIVER
LEVELS LATE IN THE WEEKEND.

SMITH
&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR ILZ027>031-
036>038-040>042-047>051.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:27 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
327 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>042-047>051-311100-
CASS-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-
SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
327 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK THROUGH THE ILLINOIS RIVER
VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME OF
THE STORMS WILL BE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SOME
OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. EARLY INDICATIONS SUGGEST TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2
TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS WITHIN STRONGER STORMS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD
DIMINISH WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER ON SATURDAY.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SPOON RIVER THROUGH MONDAY OR
TUESDAY. RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ALONG THE ILLINOIS
RIVER AS WELL...WITH ALL POINTS FROM HENRY DOWNSTREAM GOING ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE FROM FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY
PRIOR TO 9 PM.

ILZ043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-311100-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT-
DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-
RICHLAND-SHELBY-VERMILION-
327 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER SOME OF THE STRONGER
STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SOME
OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. EARLY INDICATIONS SUGGEST TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2
TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS WITHIN STRONGER STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

BARNES

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 1:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
124 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ILZ028-301900-
STARK-
124 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STARK COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TOULON...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF KEWANEE...
MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OSCEOLA...

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 4124 8967 4123 8964 4103 8979 4106 8996
      4116 8996 4116 8987 4123 8987 4124 8986
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 200DEG 38KT 4117 8984

KMH

Special weather statement, May 30, 2:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
227 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ILZ063-067-068-071>073-302030-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
227 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER...NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE...
RICHLAND...SOUTHEASTERN CLAY...SOUTHERN CLARK AND WESTERN CRAWFORD
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PARKERSBURG TO
SCHNELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NOBLE...
  CLAREMONT...
  BOGOTA...
  OLNEY...
  DUNDAS...
  WEST LIBERTY...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BERRYVILLE...WENDELIN...OLNEY
NOBLE AIRPORT...NEWTON LAKE...WAKEFIELD AND GILA.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3858 8816 3859 8816 3860 8838 3867 8837
      3916 8826 3918 8769 3857 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 235DEG 35KT 3863 8801 3865 8828

Special weather statement, May 30, 2:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
232 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ILZ037-038-041-042-048-051-302015-
LOGAN-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-SANGAMON-TAZEWELL-
232 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MASON...EASTERN MENARD...
NORTHERN SANGAMON...NORTHWESTERN LOGAN...SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL AND
SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILLIAMSVILLE...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MIDDLETOWN...
  LINCOLN...
  HARTSBURG...
  EMDEN...
  SAN JOSE...
  DELAVAN...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...FANCY PRAIRIE...BROADWELL AND NEW
HOLLAND.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 4049 8961 4044 8904 3977 8959 3988 8976
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 200DEG 35KT 4002 8959

07

Special weather statement, May 30, 3:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
312 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ILZ030-031-037-038-042-043-302100-
DE WITT-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MCLEAN-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
312 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN TAZEWELL...NORTHERN
LOGAN...NORTHWESTERN DE WITT...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...WESTERN MCLEAN
AND WOODFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ARMINGTON...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF LINCOLN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MACKINAW...
  DANVERS...
  GOODFIELD...
  DEER CREEK...
  CARLOCK...
  EUREKA...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...CONGERVILLE AND BENSON.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 4093 8894 4092 8892 4076 8892 4076 8865
      4073 8860 4010 8928 4012 8950 4093 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 200DEG 40KT 4042 8933

KMH

Local storm report, May 30, 3:59 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
359 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0320 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EL PASO                 40.74N 89.01W
05/30/2013                   WOODFORD           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN...FROM SHERIFF DISPATCH
            VIA COUNTY EMA.

&&

GOETSCH

Local storm report, May 30, 4:10 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
410 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0343 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NW EL PASO            40.78N 89.07W
05/30/2013                   WOODFORD           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. FROM COUNTY EMA.

&&

GOETSCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 3:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more	63 hr
May 30, 8:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Knox	12 hr
May 30, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Stark	36 min
May 30, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Jasper, Richland	63 min
May 30, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Logan	43 min
May 30, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Logan, Woodford	48 min
May 30, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, McLean, Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford	49 min
May 30, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar, Vermilion	25 min
May 30, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Champaign	50 min
May 30, 5:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Knox	3 hr
May 30, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	53 min
May 30, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Fulton	46 min
May 30, 6:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	6 hr
May 30, 6:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	6 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.