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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 5, 2017Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2017, 3:13 PM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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
Apr 5, 2017, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 5, 3:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 551 Wsw Parkersburg, ILREPORT FROM APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF IL RT 130 NEAR THE RICHLAND/EDWARDS COUNTY LINE.
Apr 5, 3:49 PM CDTHAIL 15 S Olney, ILPEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 500 NORTH AND ROUTE 130...SOUTH OF OLNEY AND WEST OF CALHOUN.
Apr 5, 4:09 PM CDTHAIL 15 Nw Sumner, ILREPORTED 1 MILE NORTH OF ROUTE 50.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 5, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2017-04-05Temperature 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 2017-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 362 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
362 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
572 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

587 
WUUS53 KILX 052013
SVRILX
ILC025-159-052115-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0039.170405T2013Z-170405T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
313 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Richland County in southeastern Illinois...
  Southeastern Clay County in south central Illinois...

* Until 415 PM CDT

* At 313 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
  Cisne, or 9 miles northeast of Fairfield, moving northeast at 35
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Olney, Noble, Parkersburg, Claremont, Calhoun, Dundas, Schnell,
  Berryville and Olney Noble Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3857 8814 3860 8816 3860 8837 3885 8819
      3885 8791 3859 8791 3857 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 229DEG 32KT 3850 8829 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Goetsch
3 follow-up statements
292 
WWUS53 KILX 052026
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
326 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017

ILC025-159-052115-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170405T2115Z/
Richland-Clay-
326 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR RICHLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

At 325 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Schnell, or 10
miles southwest of Olney, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Olney, Noble, Parkersburg, Claremont, Calhoun, Dundas, Schnell,
Berryville and Olney Noble Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3857 8814 3860 8816 3860 8837 3885 8819
      3885 8791 3859 8791 3857 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 221DEG 38KT 3863 8822 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Goetsch
784 
WWUS53 KILX 052036
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
336 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017

ILC025-159-052115-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170405T2115Z/
Richland-Clay-
336 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR RICHLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

At 336 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Noble, or near
Olney, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Olney, Noble, Parkersburg, Claremont, Calhoun, Dundas, Schnell,
Berryville and Olney Noble Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3857 8814 3860 8816 3860 8837 3885 8819
      3885 8791 3859 8791 3857 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 223DEG 35KT 3867 8815 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Goetsch
893 
WWUS53 KILX 052046
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
346 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017

ILC025-052055-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170405T2115Z/
Clay-
346 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
southeastern Illinois.

LAT...LON 3880 8821 3885 8819 3885 8791 3859 8791
      3857 8794 3857 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 229DEG 32KT 3873 8807 

$$

ILC159-052115-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170405T2115Z/
Richland-
346 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR RICHLAND COUNTY...

At 345 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Olney, moving
northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Olney, Parkersburg, Claremont, Calhoun, Dundas, Berryville and Olney
Noble Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3880 8821 3885 8819 3885 8791 3859 8791
      3857 8794 3857 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 229DEG 32KT 3873 8807 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Goetsch

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 9:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXClay, Richland6 days
Apr 5, 11:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXMarshall, Putnam11 days
Apr 5, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMarshall62 min
Apr 5, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXTazewell63 min
Apr 5, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland62 min
Apr 5, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCrawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland49 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.