Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2021, 8:06 PM CDT for Coles County, Cumberland County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 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
- Mar 27, 2021, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Shelby County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:16 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Neoga, IL | TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 27, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ssw Paradise, IL | DELAYED REPORT. 18 MILES SW OF MATTOON AT LAKE MATTOON. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KILX 280106
SVRILX
ILC029-035-173-280200-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0004.210328T0106Z-210328T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
806 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Coles County in east central Illinois...
Southeastern Shelby County in central Illinois...
Cumberland County in east central Illinois...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 806 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Stewardson,
or 9 miles north of Effingham, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Charleston, Mattoon, Toledo, Casey, Neoga, Greenup, Ashmore,
Stewardson, Lerna, Janesville, Paradise, Hutton, Strasburg, Sigel,
Trowbridge, Etna, Fox Ridge State Park, Union Center, Coles County
Airport and Trilla.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 57 between mile markers 168 and 189.
Interstate 70 between mile markers 112 and 126.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3948 8801 3922 8801 3921 8857 3922 8870
3937 8876 3956 8799 3948 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 259DEG 38KT 3925 8859
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Shimon2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KILX 280138
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
838 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
ILC029-035-173-280200-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210328T0200Z/
Coles-Shelby-Cumberland-
838 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN COLES...SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
At 838 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Toledo to near Teutopolis, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Charleston, Mattoon, Toledo, Casey, Neoga, Greenup, Ashmore, Lerna,
Janesville, Paradise, Hutton, Sigel, Etna, Fox Ridge State Park,
Union Center, Coles County Airport, Trilla and Trowbridge.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 57 between mile markers 168 and 188.
Interstate 70 between mile markers 112 and 126.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3948 8801 3922 8801 3921 8858 3921 8862
3931 8854 3944 8845 3956 8799 3948 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 265DEG 20KT 3932 8824 3921 8850
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Shimon684
WWUS53 KILX 280158
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
858 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
ILC029-035-173-280207-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210328T0200Z/
Coles-Shelby-Cumberland-
858 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN COLES...SOUTHEASTERN
SHELBY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
south central, central and east central Illinois.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Lincoln.
LAT...LON 3948 8801 3922 8801 3921 8858 3921 8862
3931 8854 3944 8845 3956 8799 3948 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 259DEG 38KT 3935 8801 3924 8827
$$
ShimonThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Edgar | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Shelby | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 21 min |
| Mar 28, 3:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 41 hr |
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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.