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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 31, 20137 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2013, 10:52 PM CDT for 7 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 53 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: May 31, 2013, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2013, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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 31, 11:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Danville, IL	NUMEROUS POWER LINES DONW AROUND CITY.
May 31, 11:27 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 62	Danville, IL	AT AIRPORT

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 28 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 31, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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: 2269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 15.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

291 
WUUS53 KILX 010352
SVRILX
ILC019-023-029-035-041-045-183-010445-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0060.130601T0352Z-130601T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1052 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  EASTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1050 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM HOMER TO BROCTON TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  JANESVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DANVILLE...PARIS...MARSHALL...ASHMORE...HUME...FAIRMOUNT...
  WESTFIELD...SIDELL...KANSAS...REDMON...OAKWOOD...CATLIN...
  CHRISMAN...TILTON...WESTVILLE...RIDGE FARM...GEORGETOWN...
  CLARKSVILLE...OLIVER AND VERMILION.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 135 AND 154.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 219.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 8753 3936 8822 4008 8811 4016 8756
      4016 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 261DEG 55KT 4007 8790 3972 8793
          3940 8811

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

$$

CHS

2 follow-up statements

631 
WWUS53 KILX 010422
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1122 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

ILC019-029-035-041-010432-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-130601T0445Z/
CHAMPAIGN IL-COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL-DOUGLAS IL-
1122 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DOUGLAS...EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND...EASTERN COLES AND SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3937 8801 4013 8777 4016 8753 3935 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 261DEG 55KT 4013 8747 3977 8757
          3941 8776

$$

ILC023-045-183-010445-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-130601T0445Z/
VERMILION IL-CLARK IL-EDGAR IL-
1122 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EDGAR...
NORTHERN CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM
CDT...

AT 1118 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM DANVILLE TO CHRISMAN TO CLARKSVILLE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 65 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

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

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 154.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 207 AND 219.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3937 8801 4013 8777 4016 8753 3935 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 261DEG 55KT 4013 8747 3977 8757
          3941 8776

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

$$

CHS

713 
WWUS53 KILX 010444
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1144 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

ILC023-045-183-010453-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-130601T0445Z/
VERMILION IL-CLARK IL-EDGAR IL-
1144 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EDGAR...NORTHERN CLARK AND
SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST AND NEW 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CLARK AND EASTERN 
EDGAR COUNTIES.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM.

LAT...LON 3937 8801 4013 8777 4016 8753 3935 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 261DEG 55KT 4017 8705 3981 8716
          3946 8735

$$

CHS

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 31, 6:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 6:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
651 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 245 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TRACKING ENE ACROSS
CENTRAL THRU EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS IS KEEPING TEMPERATURES AT BAY...AT LEAST EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH READINGS MOSTLY IN THE LOW TO MID 70S...WITH
A FEW LOW 80S OVER EXTREME SE IL WHERE THE THICKER CLOUD COVER AND
RAIN HAS STAYED AWAY FROM FOR NOW. DUE TO THE CLOUD COVER AND RAIN
OVER MOST OF THE AREA...INSTABILITY HAS BEEN HELD DOWN SOME WITH
THE HIGHER CAPES ACRS FAR EAST AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

ENHANCED FLASH FLOOD THREAT SETTING UP TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A SPRINGFIELD TO CHAMPAIGN LINE.

MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE SLOW MOVING UPPER SYSTEM
OUT TO OUR NORTHWEST AND THE ATTENDANT COLD FRONT...THAT IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH ACRS OUR AREA SATURDAY. BUT BEFORE THAT
HAPPENS...SEVERAL OF THE CONVECTIVE ALLOWING MODELS HAVE BEEN
ADVERTISING THE THREAT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LARGE AND SLOW
MOVING MCS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MO ENE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SE IL LATER THIS EVENING AS THE COMBINATION OF HIGH 850 MB
THETA-E AIR AND IMPRESSIVE MOISTURE TRANSPORT NORTHWARD INTO THE
REGION POINTS TO THE POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS.
THIS MORNINGS 850 MB CHART SHOWED DEW POINTS IN THE 15-18 DEGREE C
RANGE TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA AND AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES
TONIGHT...THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ADVECTING
NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. NAM-WRF FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWING
A WARM CLOUD DEPTH OF 12000 FEET OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN IL LATER
THIS EVENING WITH PRECIP WATER VALUES OF CLOSE TO 2 INCHES IN PARTS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL MO AND SOUTHERN IL. IT APPEARS THE RIVERS IN EAST
CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS HAVE A HIGHER PROBABILITY
FOR SEEING SIGNIFICANT RISES IN RIVER LEVELS LATER TONIGHT AND
THRU THE WEEKEND...WHEREAS THE NORTHERN BASINS APPEAR TO BE TOO
FAR NORTH THIS TIME FOR THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. HOWEVER...UNTIL
WE SEE THIS SCENARIO START TO EVOLVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WE ARE PLANNING ON KEEPING THE CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH
GOING THRU SATURDAY (SEE THE HYDRO SECTION BELOW). THE COMBINATION
OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND SOME INSTABILITY...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE
SOUTH...SUGGESTS THE SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA
TONIGHT...WITH WIND AND HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS.

CONVECTION SHOULD BEGIN TO WIND DOWN SATURDAY MORNING AS THE MCS
TRACKS FURTHER OFF TO OUR EAST AND SOUTH. THEN OUR ATTENTION TURNS
TO THE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL FINALLY BE ON THE MOVE ACROSS OUR
FORECAST AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. JUST WHAT AFFECT THE OVERNIGHT
AND MORNING CONVECTION HAS ON ANY REDEVELOPMENT TOMORROW AFTERNOON
IS A REAL CHALLENGE THIS FAR OUT AS EACH MODEL HAS A DIFFERENT
SCENARIO. IT STILL APPEARS AREAS MAINLY EAST OF I-55 STAND THE BEST
CHANCE FOR SEEING THE POTENTIAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND POSSIBLE SEVERE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE SHOWER THREAT SHOULD PROGRESS EAST TOMORROW
EVENING ALONG WITH THE COLD FRONT SO WILL START TO SHAVE THE POPS BACK
LATER SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER SETTLING IN FOR
THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.

LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AS THE SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW SHIFTS AWAY FROM OUR AREA EARLY
NEXT WEEK...WE SHOULD SEE WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILD IN FOR A
DAY OR TWO BEFORE ANOTHER SLOW MOVING UPPER WAY TRACKS ACRS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS AND APPROACHES OUR AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE US WITH THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS STARTING IN THE FAR WEST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY BEFORE THE UPPER
SYSTEM FINALLY PUSHES OFF TO OUR EAST LATE THU INTO FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL START OUT A BIT BELOW NORMAL EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT SHOULD
RETURN TO NORMAL BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

SMITH
&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 651 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

A BREAK IN RAINFALL IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ILLINOIS TERMINALS. IN FACT...KPIA AND KBMI SHOULD STAY
DRY MORE OFTEN THAN NOT TONIGHT. FURTHER SOUTH...AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS
KSPI/KDEC/KCMI LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
EXPECT LOW END VFR/HIGH END MVFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL OUTSIDE OF
ANY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS.

SHOWER/STORM CHANCES RETURN SATURDAY AS DAYTIME HEATING INCREASES
AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THERE IS ENOUGH
UNCERTAINTY IN THE DETAILS TO ONLY CARRY A VCSH MENTION AT THIS
TIME WITH THIS PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD AHEAD OF THE A
SLOWLY APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...VARIABLE WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.

BAK
&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR ILZ027>031-
036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 3:21 PM CDT, 7 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
321 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-011100-
CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-
SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
321 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A
FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AS A COLD
FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE FOCUSED FURTHER EAST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...MAINLY
ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS...INCLUDING THE
ILLINOIS...THE SPOON...AND THE MACKINAW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ038-042>046-051>053-011100-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN-PIATT-SANGAMON-
VERMILION-
321 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW OF THE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE FOCUS FOR THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WILL SET UP JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA...PRIMARILY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A TAYLORVILLE TO PARIS LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT
ON SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG AND EAST OF I-55 SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE
SANGAMON RIVER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-011100-
CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-
JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY-
321 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT. WITH THUNDERSTORM CELLS TRAINING OVER THE SAME
LOCATIONS...HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED.
THIS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN MANY LOW-LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT
ON SATURDAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE
LITTLE WABASH AND EMBARRAS RIVERS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS AND
ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

BARNES

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 10:01 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1001 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

0938 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SPRINGFIELD             39.78N 89.64W
05/31/2013                   SANGAMON           IL   MESONET

            MULTIPLE VEHICLES TRAPPED IN RISING WATERS ACROSS THE
            CITY. LOCATIONS INCLUDE 1700 BLOCK HAZEL DELL RD...AND
            2300 BLOCK OF SOUTH 6TH STREET...ALONG WITH INTERURBAN
            AND DIRKSEN PARKWAY ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF CITY.

&&

JRP

Local storm report, May 31, 10:11 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1011 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

1003 PM     TSTM WND GST     DECATUR                 39.85N 88.93W
05/31/2013  M58 MPH          MACON              IL   ASOS

&&

JRP

Local storm report, May 31, 10:18 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1018 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

1003 PM     TSTM WND GST     BETHANY                 39.64N 88.74W
05/31/2013  E60 MPH          MOULTRIE           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JRP

Local storm report, May 31, 10:23 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1023 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

1018 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NE CISCO              40.03N 88.70W
05/31/2013  E60 MPH          PIATT              IL   MESONET

&&

JRP

Local storm report, May 31, 10:27 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1027 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

1020 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SW LATHAM             39.95N 89.19W
05/31/2013  M1.74 INCH       LOGAN              IL   MESONET

            RAINFALL PAST ONE HOUR

1010 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 WNW MECHANICSBURG     39.82N 89.43W
05/31/2013                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MOST RURAL ROADS FLOODED IN MECHANICSBURG TOWNSHIP. ROADS
            BEING BARRICADED

&&

JRP

Local storm report, May 31, 10:50 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1050 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

0955 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E LAKEWOOD            39.33N 88.86W
05/31/2013                   SHELBY             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WINDOW BLOWN OUT OF A HOUSE.

&&

JRP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Morgan, Sangamon	45 min
May 31, 8:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass	6 hr
May 31, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	43 min
May 31, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard, Sangamon	47 min
May 31, 9:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Shelby	29 min
May 31, 9:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	6 hr
May 31, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	51 min
May 31, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon	43 min
May 31, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby	65 min
May 31, 9:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	9 hr
May 31, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	31 min
May 31, 9:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon	35 min
May 31, 10:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt	34 min
May 31, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt	45 min
May 31, 10:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon	6 hr
May 31, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	26 min
May 31, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, McLean, Piatt, Vermilion	57 min
May 31, 10:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	6 hr
May 31, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	48 min
May 31, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark	48 min
May 31, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	36 min
May 31, 11:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	15 hr
Jun 1, 12:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	14 hr
Jun 1, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	56 min
Jun 1, 2:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	31 hr
Jun 1, 3:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	9 hr
Jun 1, 4:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Cumberland, Edgar	9 hr
Jun 1, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Logan, McLean, Sangamon, Woodford	63 min
Jun 1, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt	58 min
Jun 1, 6:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	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.