Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2016, 7:38 PM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 37 min. 11 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 15, 2016, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Fulton County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 7:42 PM CDT | TORNADO 2 | 2 Nw Trivoli, IL | A CAR WAS PICKED UP AND THROWN 50 YARDS INTO A FIELD. ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AND A CHURCH. ROOF COMPLETELY TORN OFF ONE HOUSE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED. |
| Mar 15, 7:46 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nne Trivoli, IL | SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A CHURCH AND LARGE TREES SNAPPED. NEAR TEXAS RD AND COTTONWOOD RD. |
| Mar 15, 7:48 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 W Kickapoo, IL | |
| Mar 15, 7:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Hanna City, IL | HOUSE DAMAGED...ROOF BLOWN OFF |
| Mar 15, 8:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Norwood, IL | HOUSES DAMAGED INCLUDING AWNING, GUTTER, AND FENCE |
| Mar 15, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 Sw Alta, IL | AT RT. 6 AND US 150 |
| Mar 15, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Glasford, IL | |
| Mar 15, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Peoria, IL | |
| Mar 15, 8:05 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | Peoria, IL | TORNADO STARTED 4 MILES NW OF DOWNTOWN PEORIA. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO AN ASSISTED LIVING CENTER, HOUSE ROOFS, TREES, A SHOPPING CENTER, AND GOLF COURSE AS IT TRACKED NORTHEAST INTO PEORIA HEIGHTS. |
| Mar 15, 8:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nw Peoria, IL | |
| Mar 15, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Peoria Heights, IL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. |
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 15, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 453 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 12.3
The text
As transmitted.
361
WUUS53 KILX 160038
SVRILX
ILC057-123-143-175-179-203-160115-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0005.160316T0038Z-160316T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
738 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 738 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BRIMFIELD TO TRIVOLI TO NEAR CANTON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEORIA...PEKIN...CANTON...LACON...EAST PEORIA...WASHINGTON...
BARTONVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...GERMANTOWN
HILLS...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...HENRY...ELMWOOD...BELLEVUE...
PRINCEVILLE...ROME...DUNLAP...HANNA CITY AND GLASFORD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 99.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4113 8933 4111 8936 4110 8932 4082 8940
4055 8956 4045 9009 4065 8999 4092 8999
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 249DEG 31KT 4087 8986 4069 8990 4055 8998
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
HJS1 follow-up statement
795
WWUS53 KILX 160118 RRA
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
818 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016
ILC057-123-143-175-179-203-160125-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160316T0115Z/
WOODFORD-PEORIA-FULTON-STARK-TAZEWELL-MARSHALL-
818 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD...
PEORIA...NORTHEASTERN FULTON...SOUTHEASTERN STARK...NORTHWESTERN
TAZEWELL AND WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST AND THE SEVERE
PORTION OF THE STORM IS NOW OVER EASTERN PEORIA
COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL...AND MOVING TOWARDS WOODFORD
COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
ILLINOIS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
CENTRAL WOODFORD...SOUTHEASTERN PEORIA...AND NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL
UNTIL 9 PM.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD....EAST CENTRAL PEORIA...AND NORTH CENTRAL
TAZEWELL COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM.
LAT...LON 4113 8933 4111 8936 4110 8932 4082 8940
4055 8956 4045 9009 4065 8999 4092 8999
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 249DEG 31KT 4087 8986 4069 8990 4055 8998
$$
HJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell, Woodford | 42 min |
| Mar 15, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 30 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.