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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 26, 2016Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 3:36 PM CDT for Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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
Apr 26, 2016, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 3:52 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Paris, ILHAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE REPORTED VIA WTWO-TV AND A PUBLIC VIDEO ON TWITTER

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 449 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

755 
WUUS53 KILX 262036
SVRILX
ILC045-262115-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0021.160426T2036Z-160426T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
336 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 335 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PARIS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
  PARIS...VERMILION AND EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3949 8767 3963 8781 3985 8754 3984 8753
      3955 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 232DEG 13KT 3961 8767 

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

ONTON
1 follow-up statement
305 
WWUS53 KILX 262050
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
350 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

ILC045-262115-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160426T2115Z/
EDGAR-
350 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTY...

AT 350 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARIS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARIS...VERMILION AND EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3949 8767 3963 8781 3985 8754 3984 8753
      3955 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 232DEG 13KT 3964 8761 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ONTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXShelby37 min
Apr 26, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMoultrie36 min
Apr 26, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Moultrie45 min
Apr 26, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Edgar24 min
Apr 26, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXColes, Moultrie3 hr
Apr 26, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar29 min
Apr 26, 4:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEdgar3 hr
Apr 26, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXClay22 min
Apr 26, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXLawrence, Richland46 min
Apr 26, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXCrawford40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.