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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 10, 20185 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2018, 3:00 PM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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: Jun 10, 2018, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2018, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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
Jun 10, 3:27 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	9 Se Paris, IL	LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 27 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 10, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 88 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: 585 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.2

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The text

As transmitted.

552 
WUUS53 KILX 102000
SVRILX
ILC023-029-035-041-045-102045-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0073.180610T2000Z-180610T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
300 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Coles County in east central Illinois...
  Southern Edgar County in east central Illinois...
  Northwestern Clark County in east central Illinois...
  Northern Cumberland County in east central Illinois...
  Southern Douglas County in east central Illinois...

* Until 345 PM CDT

* At 259 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hindsboro, or
  12 miles north of Charleston, moving southeast at 45 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, Arcola, Oakland, Kansas, Ashmore,
  Westfield, Humboldt, Brocton, Hindsboro, Lerna, Redmon,
  Clarksville, Cooks Mill, Rardin, Janesville, Oliver, Dennison and
  Hutton.

This includes Interstate 57 between mile markers 183 and 205.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is 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 3925 8838 3969 8843 3978 8793 3952 8753
      3948 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 315DEG 40KT 3965 8809 

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

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2 follow-up statements

659 
WWUS53 KILX 102032
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
332 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

ILC041-102041-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-180610T2045Z/
Douglas-
332 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3933 8809 3965 8829 3960 8787 3958 8762
      3952 8753 3948 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 296DEG 29KT 3944 8790 

$$

ILC023-029-035-045-102045-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-180610T2045Z/
Coles-Edgar-Clark-Cumberland-
332 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN COLES...SOUTHERN EDGAR...NORTHWESTERN CLARK AND
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

At 331 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Clarksville, or
11 miles west of Marshall, moving southeast at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Charleston, Paris, Kansas, Ashmore, Westfield, Clarksville, Oliver,
Dennison, Rardin, Hutton, Fairgrange, Bushton, Bell Ridge and Union
Center.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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 3933 8809 3965 8829 3960 8787 3958 8762
      3952 8753 3948 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 296DEG 29KT 3944 8790 

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

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414 
WWUS53 KILX 102043
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
343 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

ILC023-029-035-045-102053-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-180610T2045Z/
Coles-Edgar-Clark-Cumberland-
343 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN COLES...SOUTHERN
EDGAR...NORTHWESTERN CLARK AND NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3933 8809 3965 8829 3960 8787 3958 8762
      3952 8753 3948 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 315DEG 40KT 3935 8779 

$$

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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 Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 10, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
112 PM CDT Sun Jun 10 2018

.UPDATE...
Issued at 1019 AM CDT Sun Jun 10 2018

Updated the forecast for PoPs and temperatures the rest of the
morning and through the afternoon. A cluster of backbuilding
t-storms with moderate to heavy rain formed in the past hour or so
near a surface boundary just south of I-74 at 15z. Plenty of low
level moisture feeding these storms and training echoes along the
boundary will produce areas of heavy rain from BMI toward DNV.
Adjusted the PoPs and QPF to account for this. Also adjusted
temperatures as partial clearing in west central IL has allowed
temps to climb into the lower-middle 80s, while readings in east
central IL hang in the mid-upper 60s.

Will need to keep an eye on remnants of convection/MCV from SW
Iowa which may interact with various low level boundaries, steep
lapse rates and increasing instability from heating into the
upper 80s in west central IL...to produce strong to severe storms
late this afternoon/evening in central IL. Some thunderstorms that
have developed in NE MO, ahead of the complex in Iowa, may
stabilize the atmosphere somewhat if it holds together and moves
into west central IL early this afternoon. This could minimize
the impact of any storms that develop/move into central IL late
this afternoon/evening.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight)
ISSUED AT 355 AM CDT Sun Jun 10 2018

An MCV was affecting parts of central and northern IL early this
morning, with some strong to severe thunderstorms and locally
heavy rains and frequent lightning around McLean, Ford and
southern Livingston counties and tracking ESE. Scattered showers
and thunderstorms were as far south as I-72 and from Peoria and
Springfield east. Have increased pops during early and mid morning
over ne CWA to account for this MCV activity. The CAM models have
not been very consistent with handling this convection so
confidence in convection chances this afternoon and tonight is
fairly low. Airmass to destabilize with daytime heating of humid
airmass this afternoon as temps rise into the mid 80s to near
90F, warmest over sw CWA. Expected more scattered showers and
thunderstorms to develop during mid/late afternoon and into this
evening. SPC has marginal risk of severe thunderstorms for gusty
winds and hail today into early this evening. Lows tonight in mid
60s northern CWA and around 70F sw CWA and southeast IL.

.LONG TERM...(Monday through Saturday)
ISSUED AT 355 AM CDT Sun Jun 10 2018

Similar airmass in place over area on Monday with another very
warm and humid day with highs in the upper 80s to around 90F with
scattered showers and thunderstorms. SPC day2 continues a
marginal risk of severe thunderstorms for wind and hail on Monday
afternoon into early Monday evening, though instability appears to
have shifted further sw during Monday night. A weak cold front to
push se over central IL on Tue and continue chances of showers and
thunderstorms. SPC day3 has marginal risk of severe storms in far
southeast IL Tue afternoon around Lawrence county. Highs Tue of
85-90 and warmest in southeast IL and humid conditions persist
another day with dewpoints in the upper 60s/lower 70s.

Isolated showers and thunderstorms possible over Wabash river
valley in southeast IL Tue evening, then models have gone dry over
area rest of Tue night thru Wed evening with slightly cooler and
less humid air moving into area due to nearby weak high pressure.
Highs Wed in mid to upper 80s and dewpoints in the low to mid
60s. Next chance of showers and thunderstorms arrives later Wed
night and Thu and continues into Friday morning. This due to an
upper level disturbance ridging over top of upper level ridge over
the great plains and moving into IL on Thu. Temperatures and
humidity levels to rise again later in the week as upper level
ridge builds into IL by Friday afternoon. More chances of showers
and thunderstorms arrives overnight Friday night into Saturday.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Monday afternoon)
Issued at 112 PM CDT Sun Jun 10 2018

Very active period in the weather for this afternoon/early evening
and again overnight in central and eastern IL. Strong to severe
thunderstorms near KPIA are expected to expand and spread toward
east central IL by early evening. Some existing storms in east
central Il at 18Z are expected to remain below severe limits and
exit the region around KCMI by 19-20z.

Additional t-storms, associated with a convective complex in
central IA, are expected to move into central IL later this
evening. Much of the lower atmosphere is expected to be stabilized
from the earlier convection, so the main concerns are expected to
be moderate/heavy rain and then lowering ceilings as a more
stratiform precipitation shield approaches. Most TAF sites in
central IL are expected to drop into the MVFR ceiling category,
but will need to watch closely for IFR conditions after midnight
and through daybreak.

&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

UPDATE...Miller
SHORT TERM...07
LONG TERM...07
AVIATION...Miller

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 11:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
1157 AM CDT Sun Jun 10 2018

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-111100-
Cass-Champaign-Christian-Clark-Clay-Coles-Crawford-Cumberland-
De Witt-Douglas-Edgar-Effingham-Fulton-Jasper-Knox-Lawrence-Logan-
Macon-Marshall-Mason-McLean-Menard-Morgan-Moultrie-Peoria-Piatt-
Richland-Sangamon-Schuyler-Scott-Shelby-Stark-Tazewell-Vermilion-
Woodford-
1157 AM CDT Sun Jun 10 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central
Illinois, east central Illinois, southeast Illinois and west
central Illinois.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

Strong to severe storms will occur this afternoon through tonight
across most of central Illinois and all of southeast Illinois.
Damaging wind and large hail will be the primary severe threat,
mainly south of I-74. Locally heavy rains and frequent lightning
will also be a risk with any thunderstorm.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

A typical summer-time pattern is expected to continue through
Tuesday with daily chances for thunderstorms. There is a marginal
risk for strong to locally severe thunderstorms Monday afternoon
and evening. There is a chance of thunderstorms again from late
Wednesday night through Friday morning, and overnight Friday night
into Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed from 3 to 10 pm today.

Auten

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 2:26 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
226 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0225 PM     HEAVY RAIN       N MORTON                40.61N 89.47W
06/10/2018  M1.30 INCH       TAZEWELL           IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SO FAR TODAY.

&&

SBAKER

Local storm report, Jun 10, 2:34 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
234 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW CHAMPAIGN          40.08N 88.32W
06/10/2018                   CHAMPAIGN          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. AS WELL
            AS SOME DAMAGE TO HOUSES.

&&

SBAKER

Local storm report, Jun 10, 2:51 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
251 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N VILLA GROVE         39.89N 88.16W
06/10/2018                   CHAMPAIGN          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORT OF NUMEROUS TREES WITH TOPS SHEARED OFF AT COUNTY
            ROAD 100 AND 130.

&&

SBAKER

Local storm report, Jun 10, 2:54 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
254 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PHILO                   40.00N 88.16W
06/10/2018                   CHAMPAIGN          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORT OF TREE DAMAGE AT JEFFERSON AND ADAMS.

&&

SBAKER

Local storm report, Jun 10, 2:58 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
258 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0258 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N ARCOLA              39.71N 88.30W
06/10/2018  E60 MPH          DOUGLAS            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SBAKER

Local storm report, Jun 10, 3:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
300 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0249 PM     HAIL             JAMAICA                 39.98N 87.80W
06/10/2018  E0.88 INCH       VERMILION          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SBAKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark	39 min
Jun 10, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford	47 min
Jun 10, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	46 min
Jun 10, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	45 min
Jun 10, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Logan	49 min
Jun 10, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Logan, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell	27 min
Jun 10, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Tazewell	48 min
Jun 10, 1:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	29 min
Jun 10, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	38 min
Jun 10, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard	38 min
Jun 10, 1:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	34 min
Jun 10, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham, Shelby	38 min
Jun 10, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	48 min
Jun 10, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt, Vermilion	45 min
Jun 10, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Menard, Sangamon	37 min
Jun 10, 2:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	52 min
Jun 10, 3:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Vermilion	3 hr
Jun 10, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	62 min
Jun 10, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	54 min
Jun 10, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass	38 min
Jun 10, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham, Shelby	20 min
Jun 10, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	35 min
Jun 10, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Christian	42 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.