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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2016, 6:57 PM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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
- May 13, 2016, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cass County, IL, Logan County, IL, Mason County, IL, Menard County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:31 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sherman, IL | 2-3 FOOT DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND...SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN |
| May 13, 7:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 1 N Williamsville, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
572
WUUS53 KILX 132357
SVRILX
ILC017-107-125-129-167-140045-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0053.160513T2357Z-160514T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
657 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 656 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHANDLERVILLE...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF VIRGINIA...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 60 MPH WIND GUSTS
JUST SOUTHWEST OF BEARDSTOWN.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...SHERMAN...RIVERTON...PETERSBURG...ATHENS...WILLIAMSVILLE...
ASHLAND...PLEASANT PLAINS...GREENVIEW...CHANDLERVILLE...TALLULA...
ELKHART...BATH...MIDDLETOWN...KILBOURNE...SPAULDING...DAWSON...OAKFORD...
PHILADELPHIA AND BROADWELL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 120.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4021 9017 4022 9017 4008 8942 3984 8944
3990 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 277DEG 43KT 4003 9008
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SMITH2 follow-up statements
886
WWUS53 KILX 140023
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
723 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016
ILC017-140033-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160514T0045Z/
CASS-
723 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CASS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4015 8984 4008 8942 3984 8944 3988 8992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 277DEG 43KT 3999 8966
$$
ILC107-125-129-167-140045-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160514T0045Z/
LOGAN-SANGAMON-MASON-MENARD-
723 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN...NORTHWESTERN SANGAMON...SOUTHEASTERN MASON
AND MENARD COUNTIES...
AT 723 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATHENS...OR 14
MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...SHERMAN...RIVERTON...PETERSBURG...ATHENS...WILLIAMSVILLE...
PLEASANT PLAINS...GREENVIEW...ELKHART...MIDDLETOWN...SPAULDING...DAWSON...
BROADWELL...CANTRALL...SWEETWATER...SALISBURY...LINCOLNS NEW SALEM AND
FANCY PRAIRIE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 120.
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 4015 8984 4008 8942 3984 8944 3988 8992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 277DEG 43KT 3999 8966
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SMITH038
WWUS53 KILX 140046
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
746 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016
ILC107-125-129-167-140053-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160514T0045Z/
LOGAN-SANGAMON-MASON-MENARD-
746 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN...
NORTHWESTERN SANGAMON...SOUTHEASTERN MASON AND MENARD COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4015 8984 4008 8942 3984 8944 3988 8992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 277DEG 43KT 3999 8966
$$
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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.