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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 19, 2021Christian County, Macon County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 7:29 AM CDT for Christian County, Macon County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 19, 2021, 7:29 AM CDT (12:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Christian County, IL, Macon County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

130 
WUUS53 KILX 191229
SVRILX
ILC021-115-173-191300-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0051.210619T1229Z-210619T1300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Christian County in central Illinois...
  Northwestern Shelby County in central Illinois...
  Southern Macon County in central Illinois...

* Until 800 AM CDT.

* At 729 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mount Auburn,
  or 14 miles north of Taylorville, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Blue Mound around 735 AM CDT.
  Moweaqua and Macon around 745 AM CDT.

This includes Interstate 72 between mile markers 125 and 134.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3962 8930 3982 8923 3981 8922 3986 8921
      3982 8879 3948 8890
TIME...MOT...LOC 1229Z 283DEG 42KT 3972 8920 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Auten
1 follow-up statement
646 
WWUS53 KILX 191256
SVSILX

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

ILC021-115-173-191306-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210619T1300Z/
Christian-Shelby-Macon-
756 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN...
NORTHWESTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHERN MACON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 AM
CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Lincoln.

LAT...LON 3962 8930 3982 8923 3981 8922 3986 8921
      3982 8879 3948 8890
TIME...MOT...LOC 1256Z 283DEG 42KT 3965 8882 

$$

Auten

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, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean52 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.