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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 2019, 5:24 PM CDT for Champaign County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 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
- Sep 29, 2019, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2019, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Champaign County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Sep 29, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1141 AM CDT Sun Sep 29 2019 ILZ027>031-036>038-041-301100- Fulton-Knox-Marshall-Mason-McLean-Peoria-Stark-Tazewell-Woodford- 1141 AM CDT Sun Sep 29 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Showers and thunderstorms can be expected this afternoon into early this evening. A few of the storms could produce some hail and strong winds. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding will also be a concern, in light of the excessive rain that fell Friday and Friday night. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... Additional thunderstorms are possible Tuesday night through Wednesday night. River levels will continue to rise on the Spoon River, with flooding at London Mills on Monday. Flooding will also develop along the Illinois River by Monday near Henry, with rises continuing downstream during the week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. However, rainfall and flooding reports would be greatly appreciated. ILZ040-042-047>052-301100- Cass-Christian-Logan-Menard-Morgan-Sangamon-Schuyler-Scott- 1141 AM CDT Sun Sep 29 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Showers and thunderstorms can be expected this afternoon into early this evening. A few of the storms could produce some hail and strong winds. Periods of heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding will also be a concern. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... Additional thunderstorms are possible Wednesday and Wednesday night. Minor flooding will develop along the Illinois River at Beardstown by mid week. Moderate flood stage is likely toward mid to late week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. However, rainfall and flooding reports would be greatly appreciated. ILZ043>046-053>057-061-301100- Champaign-Coles-De Witt-Douglas-Edgar-Macon-Moultrie-Piatt-Shelby- Vermilion- 1141 AM CDT Sun Sep 29 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and east central Illinois. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Showers and thunderstorms can be expected this afternoon into early this evening. A few of the storms could produce some hail and strong winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... Additional thunderstorms are possible Wednesday and Wednesday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-301100- Clark-Clay-Crawford-Cumberland-Effingham-Jasper-Lawrence-Richland- 1141 AM CDT Sun Sep 29 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... No hazardous weather is anticipated through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... Unseasonably warm weather is expected early in the new week, with heat index values in the mid to upper 90s Monday and Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. Miller
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 29, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
343 PM CDT SUN SEP 29 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM HAIL SMITHFIELD 40.47N 90.29W
09/29/2019 E1.75 INCH FULTON IL PUBLIC
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
&&
SBAKERLocal storm report, Sep 29, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
345 PM CDT SUN SEP 29 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N LEWISTOWN 40.41N 90.16W
09/29/2019 FULTON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN ON IL-97. RELAYED BY EMA.
&&
SBAKERLocal storm report, Sep 29, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 10:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason, Peoria and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 29, 10:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 21 days |
| Sep 29, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 51 min |
| Sep 29, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 29 min |
| Sep 29, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 28 min |
| Sep 29, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Tazewell | 43 min |
| Sep 29, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Tazewell | 45 min |
| Sep 29, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 50 min |
| Sep 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 39 min |
| Sep 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 45 min |
| Sep 29, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 44 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.