Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 1 Wsw Parkersburg, IL | REPORT FROM APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF IL RT 130 NEAR THE RICHLAND/EDWARDS COUNTY LINE. |
| Apr 5, 3:49 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Olney, IL | PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 500 NORTH AND ROUTE 130...SOUTH OF OLNEY AND WEST OF CALHOUN. |
| Apr 5, 4:09 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nw Sumner, IL | REPORTED 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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
$$
Goetsch3 follow-up statements
292
WWUS53 KILX 052026
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
326 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017
ILC025-159-052115-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170405T2115Z/
Richland-Clay-
326 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR RICHLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...
At 325 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Schnell, or 10
miles southwest of Olney, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Olney, Noble, Parkersburg, Claremont, Calhoun, Dundas, Schnell,
Berryville and Olney Noble Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3857 8814 3860 8816 3860 8837 3885 8819
3885 8791 3859 8791 3857 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 221DEG 38KT 3863 8822
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Goetsch784
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
$$
Goetsch893
WWUS53 KILX 052046
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
346 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017
ILC025-052055-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170405T2115Z/
Clay-
346 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
southeastern Illinois.
LAT...LON 3880 8821 3885 8819 3885 8791 3859 8791
3857 8794 3857 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 229DEG 32KT 3873 8807
$$
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
$$
GoetschThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 9:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 6 days |
| Apr 5, 11:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 11 days |
| Apr 5, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Tazewell | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 49 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.