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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 9, 2018Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2018, 8:44 PM CDT for Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 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: May 9, 2018, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2018, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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
May 9, 8:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Hindsboro, IL	POWER LINE BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF HINDSBORO
May 9, 9:16 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	S Ashmore, IL	ROUTE 16 SOUTH OF ASHMORE AT 1050 NORTH
May 9, 9:16 PM CDT	HAIL 1	S Ashmore, IL	ROUTE 16 SOUTH OF ASHMORE AT 1050 NORTH

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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

914 
WUUS53 KILX 100144
SVRILX
ILC029-041-045-100230-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0013.180510T0144Z-180510T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
844 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2018

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Coles County in east central Illinois...
  Edgar County in east central Illinois...
  Eastern Douglas County in east central Illinois...

* Until 930 PM CDT

* At 844 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Newman to near Humboldt, moving east at 60 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Paris, Chrisman, Oakland, Newman, Kansas, Ashmore, Hume, Brocton,
  Hindsboro, Vermilion, Redmon, Rardin, Edgar, Isabel, Metcalf,
  Fairgrange, Bushton, Edgar County Airport, Palermo and Scottland.

This includes Interstate 57 near mile marker 193.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Lincoln.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 8833 3988 8798 3988 8762 3987 8761
      3987 8757 3988 8757 3988 8754 3954 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 254DEG 50KT 3976 8805 3958 8822 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Geelhart

2 follow-up statements

644 
WWUS53 KILX 100209
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
909 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2018

ILC041-100219-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180510T0230Z/
Douglas-
909 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3952 8833 3967 8796 3988 8784 3988 8762
      3987 8761 3987 8757 3988 8757 3988 8754
      3954 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 257DEG 51KT 3988 8760 3974 8765 3956 8796 

$$

ILC029-045-100230-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180510T0230Z/
Coles-Edgar-
909 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLES AND EDGAR COUNTIES...

At 909 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Ridge Farm to near Chrisman to Kansas, moving
east at 60 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Paris, Chrisman, Kansas, Ashmore, Hume, Brocton, Vermilion, Redmon,
Rardin, Edgar, Isabel, Metcalf, Fairgrange, Bushton, Edgar County
Airport, Scottland, Sandford and Borton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Lincoln.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 8833 3967 8796 3988 8784 3988 8762
      3987 8761 3987 8757 3988 8757 3988 8754
      3954 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 257DEG 51KT 3988 8760 3974 8765 3956 8796 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Geelhart

193 
WWUS53 KILX 100226
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
926 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2018

ILC029-045-100236-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180510T0230Z/
Coles-Edgar-
926 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLES AND EDGAR
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Lincoln.

LAT...LON 3952 8833 3967 8796 3988 8784 3988 8762
      3987 8761 3987 8757 3988 8757 3988 8754
      3954 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 254DEG 50KT 3994 8734 3980 8739 3962 8770 

$$

Geelhart

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	44 min
May 9, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Macon, Piatt	39 min
May 9, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	32 min
May 9, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Moultrie	46 min
May 9, 8:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign	3 hr
May 9, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Douglas	36 min
May 9, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas	44 min
May 9, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby	42 min
May 9, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark	27 min
May 9, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Crawford	23 min
May 10, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clay	48 min
May 10, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Richland	49 min
May 10, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence, Richland	42 min
May 10, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clay	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.