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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 6:50 PM CDT for Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 14, 2016, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Stark County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Wsw Bradford, IL | TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN FIELD. NO DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
719
WUUS53 KILX 142350
SVRILX
ILC175-150015-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0064.160614T2350Z-160615T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
650 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 649 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOULON...OR
7 MILES SOUTH OF KEWANEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOULON...OSCEOLA...BRADFORD...ELMIRA AND LA FAYETTE.
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 4123 8964 4117 8964 4105 8993 4112 8999
4115 8998 4115 8987 4123 8986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 238DEG 15KT 4114 8988
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
868
WWUS53 KILX 150004
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
704 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
ILC175-150015-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160615T0015Z/
STARK-
704 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY...
AT 704 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ELMIRA...OR 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEWANEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSCEOLA...BRADFORD AND ELMIRA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4123 8964 4117 8964 4111 8984 4111 8987
4115 8987 4123 8986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 238DEG 15KT 4117 8981
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Effingham | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Stark | 47 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.