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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Chicago, IL

August 28, 20184 counties in Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2018, 9:18 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2018, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties DuPage County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Will County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 28, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 00:00Z on 2018-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1307 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2018-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
7.2

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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 Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 28, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 4:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 3:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville Il
342 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2018

ILZ010-019-282100-
La Salle IL-Lee IL-
342 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE AND
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

At 341 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Amboy to near La Moille to near DePue.
Movement was east at 50 mph.

Wind gusts of up to 55 mph will be possible with these storms.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Mendota around 355 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these storms include Troy Grove,
Sublette, West Brooklyn and Compton.

Including the following interstate...
 I-39 between mile markers 62 and 82.

This includes...  Tri-County Fairgrounds.

LAT...LON 4173 8904 4157 8898 4142 8902 4137 8916
      4158 8917 4158 8937 4168 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 249DEG 42KT 4164 8929 4149 8924 4136 8928

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville Il
400 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2018

ILZ010-011-019-282115-
De Kalb IL-La Salle IL-Lee IL-
400 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE...
SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND SOUTHWESTERN DE KALB COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM
CDT...

At 359 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Paw Paw to near Mendota to near North
Utica. Movement was east at 45 mph.

Wind gusts of up 55 mph will be possible with these storms.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Paw Paw around 405 PM CDT.
  Earlville around 410 PM CDT.
  Shabbona and Leland around 415 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these storms include Compton.

Including the following interstates...
 I-39 between mile markers 66 and 85.
 I-80 between mile markers 81 and 86.

LAT...LON 4177 8882 4161 8876 4143 8873 4133 8902
      4153 8907 4171 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 249DEG 41KT 4170 8909 4156 8902 4140 8900

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:18 PM CDT, 4 hours before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLaSalle, Lee, Ogle60 min
Aug 28, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more8 hr
Aug 28, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTBoone, Winnebago46 min
Aug 28, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTDeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle66 min
Aug 28, 8:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTBoone, Winnebago3 hr
Aug 28, 9:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTCook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and 1 more3 hr
Aug 28, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLOT115 min
Aug 28, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, DuPage, Kane61 min
Aug 28, 10:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTKankakee54 min
Aug 29, 3:20 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT24 hr
Aug 29, 5:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLOT35 min
Aug 29, 5:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTFord, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle and 2 more64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.