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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 110
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 16, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT for 25 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2013, 3:44 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 55 kt
All 25 counties
Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 50%
Warnings issued inside it
2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 50 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Monroe | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 12:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles and 21 more | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski | 96 min |
| Apr 15, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway and 38 more | 67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.