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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Chicago, IL

July 4, 2022Livingston County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2022, 3:12 PM CDT for Livingston County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2022, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2022, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Livingston County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2022-07-04Temperature 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 2022-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 4, 3:11 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 3:11 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 11:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
1147 AM CDT Mon Jul 4 2022

ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-
010-011-019-051700-
Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage-
La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-
Northern Cook-Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will-
Southern Will-Eastern Will-Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton-
1147 AM CDT Mon Jul 4 2022 /1247 PM EDT Mon Jul 4 2022/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Central
Illinois...Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated:
     Limited hail risk...up to 1 inch in diameter.
     Limited damaging wind risk...up to 70 mph.
  Elevated Flooding Risk.

DISCUSSION...

There is a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon, especially
along and south of I-80. If storms occur this afternoon, there would be
some limited risk for some of the storms to become severe. The threat
of severe weather appears a bit higher, albeit still limited,
tonight, especially after midnight and north of I-88 and I-290.

In addition, there is a chance of very heavy rainfall and
possible flash flooding tonight, mainly after midnight and north of
I-88 and I-290.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Tuesday...
  Limited Severe Thunderstorm Risk.
  Limited Flooding Risk.
  Significant Excessive Heat Risk.
Wednesday...
  Elevated Thunderstorm Risk.
  Limited Excessive Heat Risk.
Thursday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.
  Limited Excessive Heat Risk.
Friday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.

DISCUSSION:

Dangerous heat indices of 105 to 110 degrees are likely Tuesday
afternoon.

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are possible Tuesday
through Friday. Any one of these bouts of thunderstorms could
result in a risk of severe thunderstorms and the potential for
localized flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotters may be needed late this afternoon and tonight.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

  Moving toward the east-southeast around 20 to 30 mph.

LMZ740>745-051700-
Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL-
Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL-
Northerly Island to Calumet Harbor IL-
Calumet Harbor IL to Gary IN-Gary to Burns Harbor IN-
Burns Harbor to Michigan City IN-
1147 AM CDT Mon Jul 4 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Illinois
nearshore waters of Lake Michigan and the Indiana nearshore
waters of Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated:
     Limited hail risk...up to 1 inch in diameter.
     Limited thunderstorm wind gust risk...up to 60 knots.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Tuesday...
  Limited Severe Thunderstorm Risk.
Wednesday through Friday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.

Yack

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLaSalle70 min
Jul 4, 2:22 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLOTBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more30 hr
Jul 4, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle45 min
Jul 4, 2:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTLaSalle3 hr
Jul 4, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLaSalle, Livingston49 min
Jul 4, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTBoone, Winnebago55 min
Jul 4, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFord, Livingston59 min
Jul 4, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTOgle, Winnebago56 min
Jul 4, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLivingston29 min
Jul 4, 3:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTFord, Livingston3 hr
Jul 4, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTDeKalb, Ogle52 min
Jul 4, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFord, Iroquois74 min
Jul 4, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFord, Livingston28 min
Jul 4, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLivingston41 min
Jul 4, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFord60 min
Jul 4, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTKane31 min
Jul 4, 5:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTFord, Iroquois, Livingston3 hr
Jul 4, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will46 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.