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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 20, 2014Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 20, 2014, 2:45 PM CST for Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2014, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2014, 3:15 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fulton County, IL, Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2014-02-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2014-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

791 
WUUS53 KILX 202045
SVRILX
ILC057-169-202115-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0002.140220T2045Z-140220T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
245 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 242 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LITTLETON...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEWISTOWN...ASTORIA...VERMONT...IPAVA...RAY...TABLE GROVE...
  BERNADOTTE AND DUNCAN MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4026 9077 4029 9073 4028 9046 4046 9046
      4048 9043 4043 9005 4014 9040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 228DEG 54KT 4026 9059

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BARKER
1 follow-up statement
526 
WWUS53 KILX 202108
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
308 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

ILC057-169-202115-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140220T2115Z/
SCHUYLER IL-FULTON IL-
308 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
FULTON AND NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CST...

AT 305 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CUBA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4017 9050 4027 9050 4028 9046 4046 9046
      4048 9043 4043 9005 4014 9040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 228DEG 54KT 4049 9025

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BARKER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 8:02 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXClay, Richland7 days
Feb 19, 9:16 PM CSTHigh Wind WatchILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more6 hr
Feb 19, 11:12 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox5 days
Feb 19, 11:12 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton4 days
Feb 20, 3:15 AM CSTHigh Wind WarningILXCass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 19 more20 hr
Feb 20, 3:15 AM CSTWind AdvisoryILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more24 hr
Feb 20, 11:46 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningILXKnox, Stark5 hr
Feb 20, 2:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler and 1 more40 min
Feb 20, 2:40 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryILXFulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark and 2 more2 hr
Feb 20, 2:49 PM CSTTornado WarningILXCass, Mason, Morgan, Scott26 min
Feb 20, 3:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason, Menard28 min
Feb 20, 3:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Sangamon31 min
Feb 20, 3:49 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Sangamon26 min
Feb 20, 4:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Coles, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more59 min
Feb 20, 4:08 PM CSTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon22 min
Feb 20, 4:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXSangamon5 hr
Feb 20, 4:11 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Shelby34 min
Feb 20, 4:40 PM CSTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby35 min
Feb 20, 4:47 PM CSTTornado WarningILXEffingham, Moultrie, Shelby28 min
Feb 20, 5:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 3 more54 min
Feb 20, 5:12 PM CSTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas, Edgar33 min
Feb 20, 5:14 PM CSTTornado WarningILXClark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar31 min
Feb 20, 5:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby6 hr
Feb 20, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WarningILXEdgar, Vermilion30 min
Feb 20, 5:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 7 more6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.