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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 13, 20164 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 3:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 40 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: Jul 13, 2016, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 13, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 1355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

916 
WUUS53 KILX 132050
SVRILX
ILC023-029-035-045-132130-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0101.160713T2050Z-160713T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
350 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 350 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CASEY...OR 12
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARIS...MARSHALL...CASEY...MARTINSVILLE...WESTFIELD...VERMILION...OLIVER...
  CLARKSVILLE...DENNISON...HUTTON AND BELL RIDGE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 154.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3927 8804 3945 8809 3963 8761 3942 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 236DEG 28KT 3937 8801 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MILLER

2 follow-up statements

271 
WWUS53 KILX 132108
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
408 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

ILC029-035-132117-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160713T2130Z/
COLES-CUMBERLAND-
408 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLES AND
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED 
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3931 8792 3950 8791 3963 8761 3942 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 236DEG 28KT 3945 8786 

$$

ILC023-045-132130-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160713T2130Z/
CLARK-EDGAR-
408 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTIES...

AT 407 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARKSVILLE...OR
9 MILES WEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARIS...MARSHALL...MARTINSVILLE...VERMILION...OLIVER...CLARKSVILLE...
DENNISON AND BELL RIDGE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133 AND 154.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3931 8792 3950 8791 3963 8761 3942 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 236DEG 28KT 3945 8786 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MILLER

694 
WWUS53 KILX 132132 RRA
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
432 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

ILC023-045-132142-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160713T2130Z/
CLARK-EDGAR-
432 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLARK AND
SOUTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3931 8792 3950 8791 3963 8761 3942 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 236DEG 28KT 3945 8786 

$$

MILLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 8:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	37 min
Jul 13, 9:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt	26 min
Jul 13, 9:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Champaign	43 min
Jul 13, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt	47 min
Jul 13, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Douglas	31 min
Jul 13, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	34 min
Jul 13, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	52 min
Jul 13, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	47 min
Jul 13, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	51 min
Jul 13, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	45 min
Jul 13, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark	28 min
Jul 13, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby	51 min
Jul 13, 4:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Knox	4 hr
Jul 13, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon	44 min
Jul 13, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford	54 min
Jul 13, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	47 min
Jul 13, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	44 min
Jul 13, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt	38 min
Jul 13, 5:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	4 hr
Jul 13, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Woodford	39 min
Jul 13, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 1 more	45 min
Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	34 min
Jul 13, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	65 min
Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Edgar, Lawrence	33 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.