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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 26, 2021Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2021, 3:36 PM CDT for Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 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, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.

885 
WUUS53 KILX 262036
SVRILX
ILC173-262100-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0103.210826T2036Z-210826T2100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Shelby County in central Illinois...

* Until 400 PM CDT.

* At 335 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shelbyville,
  moving southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Cowden around 350 PM CDT.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 8899 3946 8902 3947 8901 3953 8884
      3922 8857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 323DEG 14KT 3936 8882 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

NMB
1 follow-up statement
905 
WWUS53 KILX 262055
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
355 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

ILC173-262104-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-210826T2100Z/
Shelby-
355 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3922 8899 3946 8902 3947 8901 3953 8884
      3922 8857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 323DEG 14KT 3930 8876 

$$

MJA

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, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Moultrie, Shelby34 min
Aug 26, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXShelby48 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.