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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 19, 2021McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 1:23 AM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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
Jun 19, 2021, 1:23 AM CDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County McLean County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 2:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 N Shirley, IL

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2124 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

As transmitted.

662 
WUUS53 KILX 190623
SVRILX
ILC113-190715-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0047.210619T0623Z-210619T0715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
123 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

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

* Until 215 AM CDT.

* At 122 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Stanford, or
  15 miles west of Bloomington, moving east at 30 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  McLean around 135 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Bloomington, Heyworth and Downs.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 55 between mile markers 143 and 162.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 128 and 144.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4052 8875 4028 8891 4029 8926 4038 8926
      4053 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 276DEG 28KT 4043 8926 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Deubelbeiss
2 follow-up statements
388 
WWUS53 KILX 190642
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
142 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

ILC113-190715-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-210619T0715Z/
McLean-
142 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY...

At 142 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bloomington,
moving east at 30 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...
  Bloomington and Downs.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 55 between mile markers 150 and 162.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 128 and 144.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4032 8888 4036 8910 4041 8923 4053 8911
      4052 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 276DEG 28KT 4041 8905 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Deubelbeiss
515 
WWUS53 KILX 190705
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
205 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

ILC113-190715-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-210619T0715Z/
McLean-
205 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 215 AM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for
central Illinois.

LAT...LON 4032 8888 4036 8910 4041 8923 4053 8911
      4052 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 276DEG 28KT 4039 8883 

$$

Deubelbeiss

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXCrawford30 min
Jun 18, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMorgan23 min
Jun 18, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXSangamon52 min
Jun 18, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon38 min
Jun 18, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Sangamon47 min
Jun 18, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXClark32 min
Jun 18, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Cumberland46 min
Jun 18, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox, Peoria36 min
Jun 18, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Crawford25 min
Jun 18, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox39 min
Jun 18, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark46 min
Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox, Peoria43 min
Jun 18, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Knox33 min
Jun 19, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell47 min
Jun 19, 12:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark6 hr
Jun 19, 12:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox5 hr
Jun 19, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell38 min
Jun 19, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, McLean, Tazewell41 min
Jun 19, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXColes, Douglas, Edgar5 hr
Jun 19, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar46 min
Jun 19, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean41 min
Jun 19, 3:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion3 hr
Jun 19, 3:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXChampaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion53 min
Jun 19, 7:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Sangamon24 min
Jun 19, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Shelby31 min
Jun 19, 10:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon41 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.