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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 23, 2021Cass County, Morgan County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2021, 1:47 PM CDT for Cass County, Morgan County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 23, 2021, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2021, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cass County, IL, Morgan County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2021-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1261 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

039 
WUUS53 KILX 231847
SVRILX
ILC017-137-231930-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0096.210823T1847Z-210823T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
147 PM CDT Mon Aug 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Cass County in west central Illinois...
  Northeastern Morgan County in west central Illinois...

* Until 230 PM CDT.

* At 147 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bluff
  Springs, or near Virginia, moving southeast at 25 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Virginia around 200 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Literberry, Ashland and Alexander.

This includes Interstate 72 between mile markers 71 and 79.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4004 9031 3997 9000 3972 8999 3966 8996
      3965 8997 3986 9048
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 298DEG 22KT 3994 9032 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SB
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KILX 231914
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
214 PM CDT Mon Aug 23 2021

ILC017-137-231930-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-210823T1930Z/
Cass-Morgan-
214 PM CDT Mon Aug 23 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES...

At 214 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Literberry, or
7 miles southeast of Virginia, moving southeast at 25 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Ashland and Alexander.

This includes Interstate 72 between mile markers 71 and 79.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4001 9023 3993 9000 3972 8999 3966 8996
      3965 8997 3980 9033
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 298DEG 22KT 3986 9013 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SB
876 
WWUS53 KILX 231930
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
230 PM CDT Mon Aug 23 2021

ILC017-137-231940-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-210823T1930Z/
Cass-Morgan-
230 PM CDT Mon Aug 23 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND
NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
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 allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4001 9023 3993 9000 3972 8999 3966 8996
      3965 8997 3980 9033
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 298DEG 22KT 3982 9003 

$$

SB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 3:51 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryILXChampaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 15 more4 hr
Aug 23, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXSchuyler26 min
Aug 23, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler37 min
Aug 23, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler34 min
Aug 23, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXSangamon46 min
Aug 23, 2:53 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more5 days

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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.