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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 26, 2021Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2021, 5:50 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 26, 2021, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 6:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHoopeston, ILDELAYED REPORT. 6 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.
Jun 26, 6:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 602 W Rossville, 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 26, 12:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2021-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 683 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 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
683 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

As transmitted.

507 
WUUS53 KILX 262250
SVRILX
ILC183-262330-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0067.210626T2250Z-210626T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
550 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Vermilion County in east central Illinois...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 549 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Rankin to near Gifford to near Ogden, moving
  northeast at 40 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Rankin around 555 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Rossville, Potomac and Hoopeston.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for east central
Illinois.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4017 8794 4022 8794 4023 8793 4049 8793
      4049 8753 4025 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 243DEG 36KT 4050 8796 4035 8794 4017 8799 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Barnes

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Mason, Tazewell39 min
Jun 25, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMcLean42 min
Jun 25, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott67 min
Jun 25, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean, Tazewell67 min
Jun 25, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon44 min
Jun 25, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean30 min
Jun 25, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt41 min
Jun 25, 8:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell6 hr
Jun 25, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Mason, Menard, Tazewell25 min
Jun 25, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMorgan, Scott6 hr
Jun 25, 9:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt, McLean, Piatt5 hr
Jun 25, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie and 1 more27 min
Jun 26, 2:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Piatt, Tazewell61 hr
Jun 26, 6:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXPiatt8 days
Jun 26, 9:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXMason, Menard4 days
Jun 26, 12:21 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean24 min
Jun 26, 1:24 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Scott36 min
Jun 26, 1:53 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan37 min
Jun 26, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon28 min
Jun 26, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Woodford37 min
Jun 26, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean33 min
Jun 26, 3:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Sangamon26 min
Jun 26, 3:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Mason, Menard and 3 more4 hr
Jun 26, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan27 min
Jun 26, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean23 min
Jun 26, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Sangamon36 min
Jun 26, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt26 min
Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt32 min
Jun 26, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt44 min
Jun 26, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDouglas, Moultrie, Piatt43 min
Jun 26, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas27 min
Jun 26, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion81 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.