Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2015, 11:03 PM CDT for Christian County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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
- May 24, 2015, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2015, 11:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Christian County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
671
WUUS53 KILX 250403
SVRILX
ILC021-167-250500-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0039.150525T0403Z-150525T0500Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1103 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 1102 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MORRISONVILLE...OR NEAR NOKOMIS...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAYLORVILLE...PANA...MOWEAQUA...KINCAID...ASSUMPTION...EDINBURG...
MORRISONVILLE...STONINGTON...ILLIOPOLIS...MECHANICSBURG...MOUNT
AUBURN...BULPITT...JEISYVILLE...TOVEY...DAWSON...BUFFALO...
ROSAMOND...BERRY...OWANECO AND PALMER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 124.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3964 8953 3994 8949 3993 8941 3992 8940
3992 8922 3981 8922 3982 8919 3980 8914
3966 8914 3965 8902 3935 8902 3935 8953
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 191DEG 46KT 3935 8939
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HJS2 follow-up statements
840
WWUS53 KILX 250431
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1131 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
ILC021-167-250500-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150525T0500Z/
SANGAMON IL-CHRISTIAN IL-
1131 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES...
AT 1131 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MOUNT
AUBURN...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAYLORVILLE...PANA...MOWEAQUA...KINCAID...ASSUMPTION...EDINBURG...
MORRISONVILLE...STONINGTON...ILLIOPOLIS...MECHANICSBURG...MOUNT
AUBURN...BULPITT...JEISYVILLE...TOVEY...DAWSON...BUFFALO...
ROSAMOND...BERRY...OWANECO AND PALMER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 124.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3964 8953 3994 8949 3993 8941 3992 8940
3992 8922 3981 8922 3982 8919 3980 8914
3966 8914 3965 8902 3935 8902 3935 8953
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 195DEG 45KT 3973 8925
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HJS979
WWUS53 KILX 250448
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1148 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
ILC021-167-250457-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150525T0500Z/
SANGAMON IL-CHRISTIAN IL-
1148 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON AND
CHRISTIAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3964 8953 3994 8949 3993 8941 3992 8940
3992 8922 3981 8922 3982 8919 3980 8914
3966 8914 3965 8902 3935 8902 3935 8953
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 191DEG 46KT 3993 8920
$$
HJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Shelby | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.