Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2021, 3:22 PM CDT for Clay County, Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2021, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2021, 3:58 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, IL, Effingham County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 3:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | Mason, IL | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN, BUT WAS CLOSE TO TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN. |
| May 6, 3:40 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Iola, IL | UNABLE TO TELL IF IT WAS REACHING THE GROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
520
WUUS53 KILX 062022
SVRILX
ILC025-049-062130-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0024.210506T2022Z-210506T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
322 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Clay County in south central Illinois...
Southwestern Effingham County in south central Illinois...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 322 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Edgewood, or
14 miles southwest of Effingham, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Flora, Louisville, Clay City, Watson, Edgewood, Xenia, Bible Grove,
Iola, Sailor Springs, Mason, Oskaloosa and Hord.
This includes Interstate 57 between mile markers 143 and 151.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3861 8869 3891 8870 3892 8877 3895 8878
3902 8856 3873 8826 3873 8829 3866 8827
3863 8830 3860 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 317DEG 29KT 3894 8868
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
252 follow-up statements
265
WWUS53 KILX 062047
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
347 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021
ILC049-062056-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210506T2130Z/
Effingham-
347 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3861 8869 3884 8870 3892 8857 3891 8845
3873 8826 3873 8829 3866 8827 3863 8830
3860 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 318DEG 25KT 3887 8850
$$
ILC025-062130-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210506T2130Z/
Clay-
347 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR CLAY COUNTY...
At 346 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bible Grove, or
14 miles north of Flora, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 340 PM trained weather spotters
reported a funnel cloud near Hord.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Flora, Louisville, Clay City, Xenia, Bible Grove, Iola, Sailor
Springs, Oskaloosa and Hord.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3861 8869 3884 8870 3892 8857 3891 8845
3873 8826 3873 8829 3866 8827 3863 8830
3860 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 318DEG 25KT 3887 8850
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
25266
WWUS53 KILX 062058
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
358 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021
ILC025-062108-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210506T2130Z/
Clay-
358 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Lincoln.
LAT...LON 3861 8869 3884 8870 3892 8857 3891 8845
3873 8826 3873 8829 3866 8827 3863 8830
3860 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 317DEG 29KT 3880 8841
$$
25The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 35 min |
| May 6, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 46 min |
| May 6, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence | 36 min |
| May 6, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 28 min |
| May 6, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 31 min |
| May 6, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 26 min |
| May 6, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 27 min |
| May 6, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 36 min |
| May 6, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 14 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.