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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 3:39 PM CDT for Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report 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 13, 2016, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Knox County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Rio, IL | TREE SNAPPED NEAR BASE. REPORT OBTAINED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 834 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
100 WUUS53 KILX 132039 SVRILX ILC095-132130- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0099.160713T2039Z-160713T2130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 339 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 339 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEW WINDSOR TO NEAR MONMOUTH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GALESBURG...KNOXVILLE...WATAGA...ONEIDA...ALTONA...VICTORIA...RIO...EAST GALESBURG...HENDERSON...DAHINDA...SNAKE DEN HOLLOW AND GALESBURG AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 58. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4115 8998 4095 8999 4081 9044 4115 9044 TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 250DEG 32KT 4118 9048 4090 9060 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ MILLER
2 follow-up statements
136 WWUS53 KILX 132055 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 355 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016 ILC095-132130- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-160713T2130Z/ KNOX- 355 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY... AT 354 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WOODHULL TO WATAGA TO NEAR GALESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GALESBURG...KNOXVILLE...WATAGA...ONEIDA...ALTONA...VICTORIA...EAST GALESBURG...HENDERSON...DAHINDA AND SNAKE DEN HOLLOW. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 58. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4081 9043 4114 9043 4114 8998 4095 8999 TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 269DEG 46KT 4117 9025 4104 9027 4088 9045 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ MILLER
026
WWUS53 KILX 132126
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
426 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016
ILC095-132136-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-160713T2130Z/
KNOX-
426 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4081 9043 4114 9043 4114 8998 4095 8999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 250DEG 32KT 4117 9025 4104 9027 4088 9045
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 9:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 9:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Douglas | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Edgar, Lawrence | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.