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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 6, 2023Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2023, 7:26 PM CDT for Moultrie County, Shelby 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: Aug 6, 2023, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2023, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 6, 3:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 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 Aug 6, 6:38 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:38 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 6:43 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 6:46 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 7:04 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 7:26 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	29 min
Aug 6, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	24 min
Aug 6, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	47 min
Aug 6, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	29 min
Aug 6, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Moultrie, Shelby	47 min
Aug 6, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Jasper, Richland	37 min
Aug 6, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper	31 min
Aug 6, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	48 min
Aug 6, 8:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	3 hr
Aug 6, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	35 min
Aug 6, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	14 min
Aug 6, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	44 min
Aug 6, 10:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Richland	3 hr
Aug 6, 11:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	76 min
Aug 7, 6:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Douglas, Logan, Macon, Piatt	3 hr
Aug 7, 9:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	48 hr

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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.