Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2016, 10:27 PM CDT for Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 20, 2016, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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 20, 10:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tilton, IL | TREE DOWN ON SECOND AND NORTH L STREET WITH TREE IN ROADWAY. POWER OUTAGES. |
| Jun 20, 10:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 N Georgetown, 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
378 WUUS53 KILX 210327 SVRILX ILC045-183-210400- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0080.160621T0327Z-160621T0400Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1027 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1027 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FAIRMOUNT... OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GEORGETOWN...WESTVILLE...TILTON...CATLIN...OAKWOOD...RIDGE FARM... FAIRMOUNT...SIDELL...FITHIAN...BELGIUM...MUNCIE... INDIANOLA AND JAMAICA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 205. 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 3989 8792 4015 8791 4007 8753 3980 8753 TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 289DEG 36KT 4004 8786 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ SMITH
2 follow-up statements
498 WWUS53 KILX 210347 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1047 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ILC045-183-210400- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-160621T0400Z/ VERMILION-EDGAR- 1047 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION AND NORTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTIES... AT 1046 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RIDGE FARM...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GEORGETOWN...WESTVILLE...TILTON...CATLIN...RIDGE FARM...SIDELL... BELGIUM...INDIANOLA AND JAMAICA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3989 8792 4009 8775 4007 8753 3980 8753 TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 292DEG 37KT 3993 8762 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ SMITH
033
WWUS53 KILX 210400
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1100 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016
ILC045-183-210410-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-160621T0400Z/
VERMILION-EDGAR-
1100 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION AND
NORTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3989 8792 4009 8775 4007 8753 3980 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 289DEG 36KT 3993 8762
$$
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, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 31 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.