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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 30, 20134 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2013, 10:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 48 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, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2013, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Lawrence County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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, 11:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Clarksville, IL	SOME TREES BLOWN DOWN IN CLARKSVILLE

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 18 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, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 596 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

604 
WUUS53 KILX 310342
SVRILX
ILC023-033-045-101-310430-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0048.130531T0342Z-130531T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1042 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1040 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM CLARKSVILLE TO BIRDS...AND MOVING EAST AT 55
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARSHALL...OLIVER...HUTSONVILLE...WEST UNION...PALESTINE...
  VERMILION...DENNISON...RUSSELLVILLE...WEST YORK...CRAWFORD COUNTY
  AIRPORT...YORK AND DARWIN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 154.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3877 8749 3882 8780 3960 8789 3962 8752
      3935 8752 3934 8758 3931 8761 3926 8760
      3926 8757 3921 8757 3914 8765 3909 8762
      3906 8757 3899 8756 3896 8751 3886 8754
      3885 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 273DEG 46KT 3946 8774 3880 8768

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

CHS

2 follow-up statements

925 
WWUS53 KILX 310402
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1102 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ILC033-101-310412-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-130531T0430Z/
LAWRENCE IL-CRAWFORD IL-
1102 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD AND
NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3921 8757 3919 8773 3960 8782 3962 8752
      3935 8752 3934 8758 3931 8761 3926 8760
      3926 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 232DEG 34KT 3943 8765

$$

ILC023-045-310430-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-130531T0430Z/
CLARK IL-EDGAR IL-
1102 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
EDGAR AND EASTERN CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1059 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARSHALL...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLIVER...DENNISON AND VERMILION.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 154.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3921 8757 3919 8773 3960 8782 3962 8752
      3935 8752 3934 8758 3931 8761 3926 8760
      3926 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 232DEG 34KT 3943 8765

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

CHS

847 
WWUS53 KILX 310416
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1116 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ILC023-045-310426-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-130531T0430Z/
CLARK IL-EDGAR IL-
1116 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDGAR AND EASTERN
CLARK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3921 8757 3919 8773 3960 8782 3962 8752
      3935 8752 3934 8758 3931 8761 3926 8760
      3926 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 232DEG 34KT 3949 8749

$$

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, 7:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 7:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 759 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

MADE SOME QUICK UPDATES TO THE FORECAST THIS EVENING...MAINLY TO
INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 257 ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS UNTIL 1 AM.

AS OF 8 PM...LINE OF CONVECTION HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE ILLINOIS
RIVER...WHILE ADDITIONAL CELLS ARE DEVELOPING AND LIFTING NORTHWARD
WELL AHEAD OF THE LINE TOWARD SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE. WITH
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NOW PUSHING ACROSS THE I-55 CORRIDOR...SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE CONFINED TO THE NEW WATCH AREA THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. AS INSTABILITY WANES...STORMS WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN TOWARD MIDNIGHT...ALTHOUGH TRAINING CELLS WILL
LEAD TO A HEAVY RAIN THREAT OVERNIGHT. FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT ACCORDINGLY. ZONE UPDATE HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED.

BARNES
&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 635 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

LINE OF CONVECTION CURRENTLY IN THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT N/NE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. RADAR
TIMING TOOLS TAKE THE ASSOCIATED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THROUGH KSPI BY
00Z...THE FURTHER EAST TO KBMI BY 01Z. WIND SHIFT FROM S TO W/NW
WILL OCCUR AT THAT TIME. WITH MUCH OF THE MOMENTUM ASSOCIATED WITH
THE STORMS LIFTING NORTHWARD RATHER THAN EASTWARD...NOT SURE IF
OUTFLOW WILL EVER REACH KDEC/KCMI. SHOWERS/THUNDER WILL CLEAR KPIA
AROUND 05Z...BUT WILL LINGER THROUGH 08Z-09Z FURTHER SOUTHEAST AT
THE I-72 TERMINALS. AFTER A BREAK IN THE ACTION LATER TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL FIRE ALONG OLD OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED VCTS AT ALL TERMINALS
AFTER 18Z ACCORDINGLY.

BARNES
&&

.PREV 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.

&&

.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, 7 hours 15 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

Local storm report, May 30, 8:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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

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

0836 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 W LINCOLN             40.15N 89.42W
05/30/2013  M52 MPH          LOGAN              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED 52 MPH WIND GUST ON THE WEST
            SIDE OF LINCOLN...RELAYED THROUGH EMERGENCY MANAGER.

&&

LAUFENBERG

Local storm report, May 30, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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

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

0922 PM     TSTM WND GST     WILLARD AIRPORT         40.04N 88.28W
05/30/2013  M62 MPH          CHAMPAIGN          IL   ASOS

&&

LAUFENBERG

Local storm report, May 30, 9:54 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
954 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.

0332 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE MINONK             40.87N 89.00W
05/30/2013                   WOODFORD           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            16-30 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN...BLOCKING ILLINOIS ROUTE
            116 AT 3000 E AND 1900 N. FROM COUNTY EMA.

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.

0740 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 S RUSHVILLE           40.05N 90.57W
05/30/2013                   SCHUYLER           IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL INCHES OF FLOWING WATER OVER HIGHWAY 103.

0802 PM     TSTM WND GST     LOAMI                   39.67N 89.85W
05/30/2013  E70.00 MPH       SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ESTIMATED 70 MPH WIND GUST FROM TRAINED SPOTTER...RELAYED
            THROUGH EMERGENCY MANAGER.

0808 PM     TSTM WND GST     CAPITAL AIRPORT         39.84N 89.68W
05/30/2013  M54.00 MPH       SANGAMON           IL   ASOS

0836 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 W LINCOLN             40.15N 89.42W
05/30/2013  M52.00 MPH       LOGAN              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED 52 MPH WIND GUST ON THE WEST
            SIDE OF LINCOLN...RELAYED THROUGH EMERGENCY MANAGER.

0922 PM     TSTM WND GST     WILLARD AIRPORT         40.04N 88.28W
05/30/2013  M62.00 MPH       CHAMPAIGN          IL   ASOS

&&

LAUFENBERG

Local storm report, May 30, 10:17 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1017 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

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

0752 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WNW AUBURN            39.59N 89.80W
05/30/2013                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SIX POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED CLOSE TO A SUBSTATION
            LOCATED NEAR AUBURN RD AND LEAD LINE RD...RELAYED THROUGH
            EMERGENCY MANAGER.

0752 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WSW AUBURN            39.56N 89.80W
05/30/2013                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO GRAIN BINS AND TWO GRAIN DRYERS WERE DESTOROYED ON A
            FARM...RELAYED THROUGH EMERGENCY MANAGER.

0758 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LOAMI                   39.67N 89.85W
05/30/2013                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED NEAR LOAMI CAUSING POWER OUTAGES
            IN LOAMI...RELAYED THROUGH EMERGENCY MANAGER.

&&

LAUFENBERG

Local storm report, May 30, 10:20 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1020 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

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

1014 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ASTORIA                 40.23N 90.36W
05/30/2013  M1.13 INCH       FULTON             IL   MESONET

            RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SO FAR...SWOP REPORT.

&&

LAUFENBERG

Local storm report, May 30, 10:37 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1037 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

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

0748 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LOWDER                  39.55N 89.85W
05/30/2013                   SANGAMON           IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            EMPTY TRAIN CARS BLOWN OVER NEAR LOWDER...REPORT FROM
            SHERIFFS OFFICE...RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.

0925 PM     TSTM WND DMG     URBANA                  40.11N 88.21W
05/30/2013                   CHAMPAIGN          IL   AMATEUR RADIO

            ESTIMATED 60 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST SNAPPED FLAG
            POLE.

&&

LAUFENBERG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon	47 min
May 30, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Menard, Sangamon	45 min
May 30, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon, Tazewell	44 min
May 30, 8:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	6 hr
May 30, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	58 min
May 30, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence and 1 more	50 min
May 30, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Effingham, Jasper	49 min
May 31, 12:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Schuyler	8 hr
May 31, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	39 min
May 31, 3:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	3 days
May 31, 4:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Jasper, Richland	6 hr
May 31, 8:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Schuyler	6 hr
May 31, 9:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	8 days
May 31, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	6 days
May 31, 11:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Piatt	4 days
May 31, 11:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard	6 days
May 31, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	McLean	55 min
May 31, 4:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	6 hr
May 31, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	32 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.