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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2016, 6:52 PM CDT for Ogle County, Winnebago County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2016, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 28, 6:41 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:41 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 3:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
310 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
292015-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
310 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 /410 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:
LIMITED TORNADO RISK.
LIMITED HAIL RISK...UP TO QUARTER SIZE.
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK...UP TO 60 MPH.
DISCUSSION:
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN IOWA WILL SHIFT EAST INTO NORTHERN
ILLINOIS VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE
THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOW...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN
THREAT OF THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE
39 CORRIDOR.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM RISK.
THURSDAY...
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:
MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.
&&
LMZ740>745-292015-
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR-
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND-
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY-
GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY-
310 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY...
AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
&&
LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-292015-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE
MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH
FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE
TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
310 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE LIKELY TO RETURN PRIMARILY ON THE NORTHERN
TWO THIRDS OF THE LAKE AGAIN TONIGHT.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LAKE THROUGH TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LAKE
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE LAKE
SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE LAKE PERIODICALLY TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
&&
KMD
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Special weather statement, May 28, 5:53 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 553 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ILZ008-282345- OGLE IL- 553 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHWESTERN OGLE COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 553 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LANARK...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MOUNT CARROLL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FORRESTON... ADELINE... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. LAT...LON 4220 8969 4220 8942 4217 8938 4198 8968 TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 219DEG 31KT 4205 8978 BMD
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:38 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 638 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ILZ010-290015- LEE IL- 638 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 638 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WALNUT...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARMON... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE... I-88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 46. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. LAT...LON 4178 8963 4164 8929 4158 8941 4158 8963 TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 210DEG 33KT 4156 8958 BMD
Local storm report, May 28, 6:38 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
638 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0634 PM TSTM WND GST 2 S DURAND 42.41N 89.33W
05/28/2016 M57 MPH WINNEBAGO IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
IZZIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 48 min | |
| May 28, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ogle | 52 min |
| May 28, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.