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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 26, 2021Coles County, Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2021, 3:11 PM CDT for Coles County, Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2021, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Coles County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1067 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

As transmitted.

339 
WUUS53 KILX 262011
SVRILX
ILC029-139-173-262045-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0102.210826T2011Z-210826T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
311 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Coles County in east central Illinois...
  Southern Moultrie County in central Illinois...
  Northeastern Shelby County in central Illinois...

* Until 345 PM CDT.

* At 311 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Windsor, or
  near Sullivan, moving southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Allenville around 315 PM CDT.
  Windsor around 325 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Mattoon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3958 8888 3971 8870 3952 8832 3932 8866
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 315DEG 19KT 3951 8863 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXSangamon19 min
Aug 26, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXChristian15 min
Aug 26, 12:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXDouglas40 min
Aug 26, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXColes47 min
Aug 26, 2:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby3 hr
Aug 26, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXDouglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt34 min
Aug 26, 2:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt3 hr
Aug 26, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMoultrie40 min
Aug 26, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXShelby48 min
Aug 26, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby24 min
Aug 26, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXShelby48 min
Aug 26, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMorgan42 min
Aug 26, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXScott48 min
Aug 26, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott27 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.