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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2019, 3:47 PM CDT for Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 58 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 18, 2019, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2019, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Aug 18, 12:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 12:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 3:11 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 311 PM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>055-061-191100- Cass-Champaign-Christian-De Witt-Douglas-Fulton-Knox-Logan-Macon- Marshall-Mason-McLean-Menard-Morgan-Moultrie-Peoria-Piatt- Sangamon-Schuyler-Scott-Shelby-Stark-Tazewell-Vermilion-Woodford- 311 PM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois, east central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... Isolated thunderstorms are possible through tonight. Dangerous lightning will accompany any thunderstorms, however severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... Periodic scattered thunderstorms are possible Monday through Thursday. Severe storms are possible on Tuesday, with damaging winds and large hail possible. Hot and humid conditions will set up over the area Tuesday, when afternoon heat indices of 100 to 105 degrees are expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. ILZ056-057-062-063-066>068-071>073-191100- Clark-Clay-Coles-Crawford-Cumberland-Edgar-Effingham-Jasper- Lawrence-Richland- 311 PM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... Scattered thunderstorms are possible today into this evening. Some of the storms may be severe with potential for large hail and damaging wind gusts. Locally heavy downpours are possible as well, and may lead to flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... Periodic scattered thunderstorms are possible Monday through Thursday. Severe storms are possible on Tuesday, with damaging winds and large hail possible. Hot and humid conditions will set up over the area Tuesday, when afternoon heat indices of 100 to 105 degrees are expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is possible this evening or tonight. 37
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 18, 12:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1223 PM CDT SUN AUG 18 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 AM TSTM WND DMG LINCOLN 40.15N 89.37W
08/17/2019 LOGAN IL NWS EMPLOYEE
BROKEN TREE LIMB DAMAGED POWER LINE ON ADAMS STREET.
CORRECTED TIME.
&&
25Special weather statement, Aug 18, 3:41 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 341 PM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019 ILZ045-046-182145- Vermilion-Champaign- 341 PM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN VERMILION AND SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... At 340 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near St. Joseph to near Broadlands. Movement was east at 35 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Danville, St. Joseph, Georgetown, Westville, Tilton, Catlin, Oakwood, Sidney, Homer, Ridge Farm, Ogden, Fairmount, Sidell, Fithian, Belgium, Broadlands, Allerton, Muncie, Bismarck and Indianola. This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 190 and 220. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3991 8811 4010 8815 4032 8753 3990 8753 TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 258DEG 31KT 4008 8809 3994 8807 Goetsch
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Effingham | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 5:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.