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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 1, 2016Clay County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT for Clay County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 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
May 1, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2016, 7:52 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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
May 1, 7:45 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 Nw Ingraham, ILWINDOWS CRACKED ON A HOUSE AND DAMAGE TO SHUTTERS.

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
May 1, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

170 
WUUS53 KILX 020015
SVRILX
ILC025-049-079-020115-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0032.160502T0015Z-160502T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
715 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 715 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FARINA...OR
  18 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  LOUISVILLE...EDGEWOOD...BIBLE GROVE...IOLA...MASON AND HORD. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 147.
 
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 3891 8870 3891 8880 3895 8881 3898 8836
      3877 8835 3877 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 269DEG 33KT 3886 8877 

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

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2 follow-up statements
087 
WWUS53 KILX 020029
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
729 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

ILC025-049-079-020115-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160502T0115Z/
JASPER-CLAY-EFFINGHAM-
729 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN JASPER...NORTHERN CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM
COUNTIES...

AT 729 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER IOLA...OR 14
MILES NORTHWEST OF FLORA...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
LOUISVILLE...EDGEWOOD...BIBLE GROVE...IOLA...MASON AND HORD. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 145.
 
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 3894 8868 3898 8836 3877 8835 3877 8868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 269DEG 33KT 3886 8860 

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

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002 
WWUS53 KILX 020052
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
752 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

ILC025-049-079-020101-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160502T0115Z/
JASPER-CLAY-EFFINGHAM-
752 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JASPER...NORTHERN
CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY...NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN
JASPER COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3894 8868 3898 8836 3877 8835 3877 8868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 269DEG 33KT 3886 8834 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay, Jasper, Richland37 min
May 1, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCrawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland38 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.