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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 7, 2015Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2015, 4:12 PM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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: Jun 7, 2015, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 7, 4:19 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 78	1 N Glasford, IL	MEASURED 78 MPH WIND GUST
Jun 7, 4:19 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 78	1 N Glasford, IL
Jun 7, 4:19 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 78	Glasford, IL	MEASURED 78 MPH WIND GUST
Jun 7, 4:19 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 78	Glasford, IL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 7, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

548 
WUUS53 KILX 072112
SVRILX
ILC143-179-203-072145-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0049.150607T2112Z-150607T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
412 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 411 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLASFORD...
  OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEKIN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PEORIA...PEKIN...EUREKA...EAST PEORIA...MORTON...WASHINGTON...
  BARTONVILLE...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...
  TREMONT...BELLEVUE...MACKINAW...HANNA CITY...SOUTH PEKIN...
  GLASFORD...GOODFIELD...DEER CREEK...PEORIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
  AND NORTH PEKIN.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 31.
 INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 14.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 112.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4052 8986 4072 8985 4071 8927 4044 8927
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 272DEG 39KT 4061 8975 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BARNES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Knox	35 min
Jun 7, 7:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Peoria, Stark	47 min
Jun 7, 7:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Peoria	46 min
Jun 7, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox, Peoria, Woodford	24 min
Jun 7, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Woodford	29 min
Jun 7, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	64 min
Jun 7, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	51 min
Jun 7, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	51 min
Jun 7, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Tazewell	60 min
Jun 7, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell	44 min
Jun 7, 6:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	McLean	4 hr
Jun 7, 6:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Logan, Mason, Tazewell	4 hr
Jun 7, 6:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	5 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.