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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2015, 6:01 PM CDT for Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 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
- Apr 9, 2015, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2015, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Morgan County, IL, Scott County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
580
WUUS53 KILX 092301
SVRILX
ILC137-171-092345-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0021.150409T2301Z-150409T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
601 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 600 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF
PLEASANT HILL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...JACKSONVILLE...ALSEY...EXETER...MANCHESTER...CHAPIN...
MURRAYVILLE...WOODSON...FRANKLIN...LITERBERRY...GLASGOW...
RIGGSTON...MERRITT...LYNNVILLE...NORTONVILLE...LAKE JACKSONVILLE...
SOUTH JACKSONVILLE AND JACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 74.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3965 9062 3987 9027 3987 9018 3960 8998
3951 9023 3951 9052 3952 9056 3964 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 238DEG 45KT 3950 9067
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AUTEN1 follow-up statement
777
WWUS53 KILX 092330
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
630 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
ILC137-171-092345-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150409T2345Z/
MORGAN IL-SCOTT IL-
630 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
SCOTT AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 626 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANCHESTER...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MURRAYVILLE...WOODSON...FRANKLIN...NORTONVILLE...LAKE JACKSONVILLE
AND SOUTH JACKSONVILLE.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 73.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3953 9042 3967 9032 3976 9011 3960 8998
3952 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 238DEG 45KT 3957 9033
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AUTENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 8:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 7 days |
| Apr 9, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 4:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 5:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Apr 9, 6:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 62 min |
| Apr 9, 6:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 7:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 57 min |
| Apr 9, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Woodford | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Woodford | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.