Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2016, 9:44 PM CDT for DeWitt County, Logan County, Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 44 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.
813 WUUS53 KILX 210244 SVRILX ILC039-107-115-210315- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0079.160621T0244Z-160621T0315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 944 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 944 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BEASON...OR 8 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLINTON...FARMER CITY...MAROA...ATLANTA...WARRENSBURG...WAPELLA... WAYNESVILLE...KENNEY...CHESTNUT...BEASON...DE WITT...LANE... MIDLAND CITY...HALLSVILLE...CLINTON LAKE DAM... WELDON SPRINGS STATE PARK AND ROWELL. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 141. 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 4007 8933 4028 8926 4026 8864 3991 8904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 287DEG 36KT 4014 8920 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ SMITH
2 follow-up statements
792
WWUS53 KILX 210305
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1005 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016
ILC107-210315-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160621T0315Z/
LOGAN-
1005 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4005 8914 4026 8899 4027 8886 4026 8864
3998 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 287DEG 36KT 4008 8894
$$
ILC039-115-210315-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160621T0315Z/
MACON-DE WITT-
1005 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL MACON AND CENTRAL DE WITT COUNTIES...
AT 1005 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MAROA...OR
NEAR CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLINTON...FARMER CITY...MAROA...WAPELLA...KENNEY...DE WITT...LANE...
ROWELL...CLINTON LAKE DAM AND WELDON SPRINGS STATE PARK.
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 4005 8914 4026 8899 4027 8886 4026 8864
3998 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 287DEG 36KT 4008 8894
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SMITH403
WWUS53 KILX 210310
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1010 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016
ILC039-115-210320-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160621T0315Z/
MACON-DE WITT-
1010 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MACON AND
CENTRAL DE WITT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4005 8914 4026 8899 4027 8886 4026 8864
3998 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 287DEG 36KT 4008 8894
$$
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, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 19 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, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.