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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2018, 2:57 PM CDT for Moultrie County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2018, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2018, 3:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Moultrie County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 2208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
248 WUUS53 KILX 271957 SVRILX ILC139-272045- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0039.180527T1957Z-180527T2045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Lincoln IL 257 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2018 The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Moultrie County in central Illinois... * Until 345 PM CDT * At 257 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bethany, or near Sullivan, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Sullivan, Bethany and Lovington. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and gusty winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3957 8862 3958 8877 3973 8871 3973 8858 TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 006DEG 9KT 3965 8868 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ Smith
3 follow-up statements
411 WWUS53 KILX 272010 SVSILX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 310 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2018 ILC139-272045- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-180527T2045Z/ Moultrie- 310 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2018 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MOULTRIE COUNTY... At 310 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bethany, or near Sullivan, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Sullivan, Bethany and Lovington. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3957 8862 3958 8877 3973 8871 3973 8858 TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 011DEG 7KT 3965 8869 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ Smith
457 WWUS53 KILX 272018 SVSILX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 318 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2018 ILC139-272045- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-180527T2045Z/ Moultrie- 318 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2018 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL MOULTRIE COUNTY... At 318 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bethany, or near Sullivan, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Bethany. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3957 8862 3958 8877 3969 8873 3969 8865 TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 013DEG 9KT 3964 8871 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ Smith
767
WWUS53 KILX 272031
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
331 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2018
ILC139-272041-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-180527T2045Z/
Moultrie-
331 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOULTRIE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled. However small hail is still possible with this
thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3957 8862 3958 8877 3969 8873 3969 8865
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 006DEG 9KT 3961 8871
$$
SmithThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Richland | 66 min |
| May 27, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 52 min |
| May 27, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 56 min |
| May 27, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 49 min |
| May 27, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 45 min |
| May 27, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 46 min |
| May 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Coles | 64 min |
| May 27, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 30 min |
| May 27, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 37 min |
| May 27, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie | 55 min |
| May 27, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Edgar | 49 min |
| May 27, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 29 min |
| May 27, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 43 min |
| May 27, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 54 min |
| May 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 32 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.