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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 11, 20164 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2016, 8:28 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2016, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Mason County, IL, Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 748 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.4

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The text

As transmitted.

864 
WUUS53 KILX 120128
SVRILX
ILC017-057-125-169-120215-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0052.160512T0128Z-160512T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 828 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
  MOUNT STERLING...OR 9 MILES WEST OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  35 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...
  BEARDSTOWN...RUSHVILLE...ASTORIA...BLUFF SPRINGS...VERMONT...
  CHANDLERVILLE...BATH...LITTLETON...BROWNING...TABLE GROVE...FREDERICK...
  CAMDEN...BLUFF CITY...SNICARTE...MARBLETOWN AND RAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9079 4027 9045 4041 9045 4011 9000
      3987 9055 3988 9058 3997 9051 3999 9052
      3998 9060 4003 9061 4003 9062 4005 9068
      4008 9067 4008 9070 4011 9071 4011 9088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 231DEG 29KT 4007 9074 

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

BARNES

3 follow-up statements

488 
WWUS53 KILX 120145 RRA
SVSILX

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

ILC017-057-125-169-120215-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160512T0215Z/
MASON-SCHUYLER-FULTON-CASS-
845 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MASON...SCHUYLER...SOUTHWESTERN FULTON AND
NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTIES...

AT 845 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
BEARDSTOWN...RUSHVILLE...ASTORIA...BLUFF SPRINGS...VERMONT...
CHANDLERVILLE...BATH...LITTLETON...BROWNING...TABLE GROVE...FREDERICK...
CAMDEN...BLUFF CITY...SNICARTE...MARBLETOWN AND RAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9079 4027 9045 4041 9045 4011 9000
      3987 9055 3988 9058 3997 9051 3999 9052
      3998 9060 4003 9061 4003 9062 4005 9068
      4008 9067 4008 9070 4011 9071 4011 9088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 231DEG 29KT 4016 9060 

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

BARNES

017 
WWUS53 KILX 120204
SVSILX

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

ILC017-125-120214-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160512T0215Z/
MASON-CASS-
904 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MASON AND
NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4027 9051 4027 9045 4041 9044 4022 9016
      4020 9017 4010 9041 4023 9057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 240DEG 27KT 4021 9043 

$$

ILC057-169-120215-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160512T0215Z/
SCHUYLER-FULTON-
904 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLER AND SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTIES...

AT 904 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ASTORIA...OR 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
ASTORIA...VERMONT...BROWNING...TABLE GROVE...MARBLETOWN...BLUFF CITY AND
RAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4027 9051 4027 9045 4041 9044 4022 9016
      4020 9017 4010 9041 4023 9057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 240DEG 27KT 4021 9043 

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

BARNES

402 
WWUS53 KILX 120216
SVSILX

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

ILC057-169-120226-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160512T0215Z/
SCHUYLER-FULTON-
916 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLER AND
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4027 9051 4027 9045 4041 9044 4022 9016
      4020 9017 4010 9041 4023 9057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 231DEG 29KT 4021 9043 

$$

BARNES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Peoria	38 min
May 11, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford	58 min
May 12, 2:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	66 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.