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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 13, 2023Morgan County, Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2023, 2:41 PM CDT for Morgan County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 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
May 13, 2023, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2023, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Morgan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 12, 6:07 PM CDT, 20 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 6:07 PM CDT, 20 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 6:52 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryILXChampaign, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean and 7 more2 hr
May 13, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Scott15 min
May 13, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott32 min
May 13, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMoultrie33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.