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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 6, 20165 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 7:11 AM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 6, 2016, 7:11 AM CDT (12:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 7:12 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGColes County Airport, ILPOWER LINES DOWN NEAR AIRPORT. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jul 6, 7:24 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGNeoga, ILPOWER LINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -392 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-392 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

450 
WUUS53 KILX 061211
SVRILX
ILC029-035-049-079-173-061245-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0089.160706T1211Z-160706T1245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
711 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 710 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NEOGA...OR 8
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MATTOON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHARLESTON...MATTOON...NEWTON...TOLEDO...CASEY...NEOGA...
  TEUTOPOLIS...GREENUP...STEWARDSON...DIETERICH...LERNA...
  WILLOW HILL...JEWETT...MONTROSE...WHEELER...HIDALGO...HAZEL DELL...
  BOGOTA...JANESVILLE AND PARADISE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND 194.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 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 3931 8871 3945 8849 3945 8847 3946 8847
      3957 8830 3933 8801 3918 8801 3917 8796
      3916 8795 3901 8794 3887 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1210Z 318DEG 51KT 3936 8845 

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

SMITH
3 follow-up statements
624 
WWUS53 KILX 061223
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
723 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

ILC029-035-049-079-173-061245-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160706T1245Z/
COLES-JASPER-EFFINGHAM-CUMBERLAND-SHELBY-
723 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLES...JASPER...NORTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM...CUMBERLAND
AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 722 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEOGA...OR 8
MILES WEST OF TOLEDO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LERNA IN EXTREME SOUTHERN COLES 
COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. 

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...MATTOON...NEWTON...TOLEDO...CASEY...NEOGA...
TEUTOPOLIS...GREENUP...STEWARDSON...DIETERICH...LERNA...
WILLOW HILL...JEWETT...MONTROSE...WHEELER...HIDALGO...HAZEL DELL...
BOGOTA...JANESVILLE AND PARADISE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND 194.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 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 3931 8871 3945 8849 3945 8847 3946 8847
      3957 8830 3933 8801 3918 8801 3917 8796
      3916 8795 3901 8794 3887 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1222Z 317DEG 34KT 3931 8839 

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

SMITH
770 
WWUS53 KILX 061233
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
733 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

ILC029-173-061243-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160706T1245Z/
COLES-SHELBY-
733 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLES AND
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3921 8859 3922 8847 3937 8847 3938 8807
      3933 8801 3918 8801 3917 8796 3916 8795
      3901 8794 3887 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1233Z 315DEG 39KT 3925 8830 

$$

ILC035-049-079-061245-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160706T1245Z/
JASPER-EFFINGHAM-CUMBERLAND-
733 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT
FOR JASPER...NORTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 733 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
TOLEDO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...TOLEDO...CASEY...NEOGA...TEUTOPOLIS...GREENUP...DIETERICH...
WILLOW HILL...JEWETT...MONTROSE...WHEELER...HIDALGO...HAZEL DELL...
BOGOTA...JANESVILLE...WOODBURY...HUNT CITY...YALE...
ROSE HILL AND SAM PARR STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND 168...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 173 AND 179.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 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 3921 8859 3922 8847 3937 8847 3938 8807
      3933 8801 3918 8801 3917 8796 3916 8795
      3901 8794 3887 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1233Z 315DEG 39KT 3925 8830 

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

SMITH
467 
WWUS53 KILX 061244
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
744 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

ILC035-049-079-061254-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160706T1245Z/
JASPER-EFFINGHAM-CUMBERLAND-
744 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JASPER...NORTHEASTERN
EFFINGHAM AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 AM 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 ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. 

LAT...LON 3921 8859 3922 8847 3937 8847 3938 8807
      3933 8801 3918 8801 3917 8796 3916 8795
      3901 8794 3887 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1241Z 318DEG 51KT 3925 8830 

$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXVermilion41 min
Jul 6, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXKnox, Marshall, Stark61 min
Jul 6, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox, Peoria, Stark48 min
Jul 6, 4:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMarshall, Woodford49 min
Jul 6, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell, Woodford39 min
Jul 6, 5:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXDeWitt42 min
Jul 6, 5:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXCass, Champaign, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Mason and 4 more66 min
Jul 6, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXChristian, Shelby46 min
Jul 6, 7:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXCumberland, Jasper53 min
Jul 6, 8:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford, Lawrence41 min
Jul 6, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence33 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.