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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Paris, IL | HAIL 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
ONTON1 follow-up statement
305
WWUS53 KILX 262050
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
350 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
ILC045-262115-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160426T2115Z/
EDGAR-
350 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTY...
AT 350 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARIS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARIS...VERMILION AND EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3949 8767 3963 8781 3985 8754 3984 8753
3955 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 232DEG 13KT 3964 8761
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ONTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Shelby | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Edgar | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 22 min |
| Apr 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford | 40 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.