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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 14, 2016Stark County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT for Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Stark County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 7:15 PM CDTTORNADO3 Wsw Bradford, ILTORNADO 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 79 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2459 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2459 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
11.2

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The text

As transmitted.

707 
WUUS53 KILX 150015
SVRILX
ILC175-150100-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0065.160615T0015Z-160615T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
715 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 715 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ELMIRA...OR
  8 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 0015Z 238DEG 12KT 4117 8980 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningILXStark38 min
Jun 15, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie65 min
Jun 15, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes30 min
Jun 15, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar24 min
Jun 15, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Shelby30 min
Jun 15, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark32 min
Jun 15, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford, Cumberland, Jasper46 min
Jun 15, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland58 min

Nearby

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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.