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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 27, 2016Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2016, 5:22 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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: Mar 27, 2016, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lawrence County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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
Mar 27, 5:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Lawrenceville, IL
Mar 27, 5:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Lawrenceville, IL
Mar 27, 5:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Lawrenceville, 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
Mar 27, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

985 
WUUS53 KILX 272222
SVRILX
ILC101-272300-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0013.160327T2222Z-160327T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
522 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 522 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
  LAWRENCEVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...BILLETT...MOUNT CARMEL AIRPORT AND
  LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3868 8754 3867 8759 3865 8760 3859 8774
      3868 8783 3886 8756 3885 8753 3882 8753
      3879 8750 3877 8751 3876 8750 3874 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 232DEG 35KT 3865 8772 

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

AUTEN

2 follow-up statements

437 
WWUS53 KILX 272236
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
536 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016

ILC101-272300-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160327T2300Z/
LAWRENCE-
536 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...

AT 536 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF VINCENNES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
RUSSELLVILLE AND LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3868 8761 3876 8770 3886 8756 3885 8753
      3882 8753 3879 8750 3877 8751 3876 8750
      3874 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 232DEG 35KT 3873 8758 

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

AUTEN

914 
WWUS53 KILX 272251
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
551 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016

ILC101-272300-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160327T2300Z/
LAWRENCE-
551 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3868 8761 3876 8770 3886 8756 3885 8753
      3882 8753 3879 8750 3877 8751 3876 8750
      3874 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 232DEG 35KT 3873 8758 

$$

AUTEN

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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.