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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 20, 2016Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois

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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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 10:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTilton, ILTREE DOWN ON SECOND AND NORTH L STREET WITH TREE IN ROADWAY. POWER OUTAGES.
Jun 20, 10:45 PM CDTHAIL 0.881 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2016-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2024 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2016-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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 

$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXCass23 min
Jun 20, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMason, Menard52 min
Jun 20, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Logan, Mason, Menard33 min
Jun 20, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, McLean, Piatt50 min
Jun 20, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt, Tazewell41 min
Jun 20, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard19 min
Jun 20, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt, Vermilion54 min
Jun 20, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion35 min
Jun 20, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon31 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.