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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2016, 9:11 PM CDT for Logan County, Menard County, Illinois. It was in force for 19 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
- Jun 20, 2016, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Logan County, IL, Menard County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2024 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted.
041
WUUS53 KILX 210211
SVRILX
ILC107-129-210230-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0076.160621T0211Z-160621T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
911 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 911 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
MIDDLETOWN... OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MASON CITY...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINCOLN...EMDEN...ELKHART...MIDDLETOWN...HARTSBURG...NEW HOLLAND...
BROADWELL AND FANCY PRAIRIE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 155 NEAR MILE
MARKER 0...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 8.
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 126.
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 3997 8935 3998 8961 4016 8965 4015 8963
4012 8960 4026 8960 4031 8946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 255DEG 37KT 4012 8956
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
595
WWUS53 KILX 210229
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
929 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016
ILC107-129-210238-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160621T0230Z/
LOGAN-MENARD-
929 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME WESTERN LOGAN AND
NORTHEASTERN MENARD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 3997 8935 3998 8961 4016 8965 4015 8963
4012 8960 4026 8960 4031 8946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 255DEG 37KT 4012 8956
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason, Menard | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, McLean, Piatt | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt, Tazewell | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt, Vermilion | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.