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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 11, 20164 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2016, 5:08 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 11, 2016, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Jasper County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 11, 5:23 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	3 E West Union, IL	WIND SPEED ESTIMATE UP TO 70 MPH.

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
May 11, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

726 
WUUS53 KILX 112208
SVRILX
ILC023-033-035-079-112245-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0049.160511T2208Z-160511T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
508 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EATON...OR 8
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ROBINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 70 MPH WIND GUSTS IN
           THE TOWN OF BELLAIRE IN NORTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY.

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROBINSON...CASEY...OBLONG...MARTINSVILLE...HUTSONVILLE...EATON...WEST
  UNION...HAZEL DELL...ANNAPOLIS...YORK...ORANGE...STOY...YALE...WEST YORK...
  TRIMBLE AND BELLAIR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 134.
 
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 3919 8762 3917 8762 3916 8764 3915 8763
      3914 8766 3912 8763 3911 8765 3910 8762
      3909 8762 3908 8760 3895 8789 3917 8810
      3938 8793 3922 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 234DEG 28KT 3908 8788 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

SMITH

2 follow-up statements

246 
WWUS53 KILX 112233
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
533 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

ILC023-033-035-079-112245-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160511T2245Z/
CRAWFORD-JASPER-CLARK-CUMBERLAND-
533 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CRAWFORD...NORTHEASTERN JASPER...SOUTHERN CLARK AND
SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 530 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST UNION...OR
12 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS
         IN WEST UNION. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROBINSON...CASEY...OBLONG...MARTINSVILLE...HUTSONVILLE...EATON...WEST
UNION...HAZEL DELL...ANNAPOLIS...YORK...ORANGE...STOY...YALE...WEST YORK...
TRIMBLE AND BELLAIR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 134.
 
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 3919 8762 3917 8762 3916 8764 3915 8763
      3914 8766 3912 8763 3911 8765 3910 8762
      3909 8762 3908 8760 3895 8789 3917 8810
      3938 8793 3922 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 236DEG 30KT 3921 8766 

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

SMITH

007 
WWUS53 KILX 112245
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
545 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

ILC023-033-035-079-112253-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160511T2245Z/
CRAWFORD-JASPER-CLARK-CUMBERLAND-
545 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CRAWFORD...
NORTHEASTERN JASPER...SOUTHERN CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 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 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3919 8762 3917 8762 3916 8764 3915 8763
      3914 8766 3912 8763 3911 8765 3910 8762
      3909 8762 3908 8760 3895 8789 3917 8810
      3938 8793 3922 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 234DEG 28KT 3921 8766 

$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 1:53 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more	7 hr
May 11, 11:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason	13 days
May 11, 11:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler	14 days
May 11, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	28 min
May 11, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard, Sangamon	37 min
May 11, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Sangamon	37 min
May 11, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Macon	37 min
May 11, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	42 min
May 11, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Richland	30 min
May 11, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Piatt	42 min
May 11, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	39 min
May 11, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	56 min
May 11, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas	46 min
May 11, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	62 min
May 11, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	45 min
May 11, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Richland, Shelby	43 min
May 11, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	51 min
May 11, 4:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper	29 min
May 11, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Douglas	39 min
May 11, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	46 min
May 11, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	39 min
May 11, 5:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Effingham	3 hr
May 11, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Edgar	43 min
May 11, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	19 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.