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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Chicago, IL

June 4, 2019Lee County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2019, 11:18 PM CDT for Lee County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 4, 2019, 11:18 PM CDT (04:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2019, 11:44 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lee County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2019-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 632 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2019-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
632 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.4

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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 Jun 4, 8:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 3:06 PM CDT, 8 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
306 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019

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052015-
Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage-Cook-
La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Will-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-
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306 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019 /406 PM EDT Tue Jun 4 2019/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Central
Illinois...Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated:
     Limited hail risk...up to quarter size.
     Limited damaging wind risk...up to 60 mph.
  Limited Flooding Risk.

DISCUSSION...

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible
this evening. An additional round of thunderstorms may develop
very late tonight and towards daybreak on Wednesday. Some of the
strongest storms could produce marginally severe hail and strong,
gusty winds. Any storms will also be capable of producing locally
heavy rainfall which could lead to isolated instances of minor
flooding tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Wednesday...
  Limited Severe Thunderstorm Risk, mainly I-80 and south.
Saturday through Monday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.

DISCUSSION:

After a potential round of morning showers and thunderstorms on
Wednesday, additional isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be
possible in the afternoon hours. Whether storms manage to develop
Wednesday afternoon remains uncertain. If storms do form, they
would have the potential to become strong to severe, mainly near
and south of I-80, with a threat for strong wind gusts. Any
storms would be relatively slow moving, resulting in a threat for
localized heavy rainfall.

Thunderstorm chances will return this weekend. Severe weather is
not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotters may be needed tonight.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

  Moving toward the east-southeast at 25 to 30 mph.

LMZ740>745-052015-
Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL-
Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL-
Northerly Island to Calumet Harbor IL-
Calumet Harbor IL to Gary IN-Gary to Burns Harbor IN-
Burns Harbor to Michigan City IN-
306 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Illinois
nearshore waters of Lake Michigan and the Indiana nearshore
waters of Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Hazardous conditions for small craft through this afternoon.
  Elevated Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated:
     Limited hail risk...up to quarter size.
     Limited thunderstorm wind gust risk...up to 40 knots.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Wednesday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.
Saturday through Monday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:41 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTLaSalle54 hr
Jun 4, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTOgle, Winnebago29 min
Jun 4, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTLaSalle47 min
Jun 5, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLaSalle29 min
Jun 5, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTKendall45 min
Jun 5, 1:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake and 1 more5 hr
Jun 5, 1:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTWill33 min
Jun 5, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTWill36 min
Jun 5, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTCook30 min
Jun 5, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLOT87 min
Jun 5, 2:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTOgle4 hr
Jun 5, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTOgle31 min
Jun 5, 3:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTDeKalb29 min
Jun 5, 4:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTDeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee3 hr
Jun 5, 7:30 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTLaSalle36 hr
Jun 5, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTCook39 hr
Jun 5, 2:49 PM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLOT38 hr
Jun 5, 1:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTBenton24 min

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.