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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2024, 8:40 AM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 14 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
- Jun 5, 2024, 8:40 AM CDT (13:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2024, 8:54 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 968 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -1.2
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 Jun 5, 6:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- A cold front is passing through central Illinois this morning, bringing showers and thunderstorms ahead of it. The front should exit to the east of Illinois around early afternoon.
- A mainly dry pattern sets up starting this afternoon. A small (10- 20% chance) opportunity for rain arrives this weekend as some MCS type systems pass to our south.
- High temperatures stay in the mid to upper 70s through next Wednesday, before warming back up into the 80s for late next week.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 6:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...Updated Aviation National Weather Service Lincoln IL 605 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - A cold front is passing through central Illinois this morning, bringing showers and thunderstorms ahead of it. The front should exit to the east of Illinois around early afternoon. - A mainly dry pattern sets up starting this afternoon. A small (10- 20% chance) opportunity for rain arrives this weekend as some MCS type systems pass to our south. - High temperatures stay in the mid to upper 70s through next Wednesday, before warming back up into the 80s for late next week. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 244 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024 As the cold front approaches from the west this morning, some showers and thunderstorms push across central Illinois just ahead of it. Severe threats appear to be low with these storms. These storms will be scattered in a semi-line formation. As it works eastward, locally heavy rainfall is possible. The activity should be out of the area by 18/19z this early afternoon (based on the 06z HRRR), exiting to the east into Indiana. There is secondary weak cold front that will pass through overnight, which could cause some showers to pop up in our far northern counties of the CWA. However, confidence is low so only have 15-20% POPs in the forecast for late this evening through tonight. Once these fronts pass, a surface ridging pattern sets up to our southwest and a upper trough sets up to our northwest, trapping us in the middle. This will allow a mostly dry period for the extended forecast. The next tiny chance for rain comes Saturday and Sunday as MCS activity transverses to our south. There is a 10-20% chance that the systems move just north enough to affect our southern portion of the CWA. As we move closer we can get a better idea of the exact location of these southern MCS systems and if they will directly affect us here in central and southeastern Illinois. Daytime temperatures following this cold front will hang around the mid to upper 70s through next Wednesday. Then it will warm back up into the 80s starting Wednesday afternoon. CPC shows below normal temperatures for the 6-10 day period and near normal to above for the 8-14 day period. Copple && .AVIATION... (For the 12z TAFs through 12z Thursday Morning) Issued at 605 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024 A cold front will sweep across the central IL terminals through the morning, producing scattered TSRA for the I-72 corridor southward through 14Z, as well as a band of MVFR cigs. This region of MVFR cigs will last a few hours, then clear out as VFR conditions return for the remainder of the forecast period. Winds SW around 10 kts before the front arrives, followed by NW winds 10-15 kts with gusts around 20 kts after 16Z-20Z. Winds diminishing after 03Z. 37 && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 512 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>050-061100- Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler- Mason-Logan-De Witt-Cass-Menard-Scott-Morgan- 512 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Isolated thunderstorms are possible early this morning. These are not expected to be severe. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. ILZ044>046-051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-061100- Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas- Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay- Richland-Lawrence- 512 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois, east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are possible through early afternoon. An isolated storm could be strong to severe with damaging wind gusts and large hail being the primary threats. Heavy rainfall could lead to localized flooding in urban and poor drainage areas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed through early afternoon. Expected storm motion is toward the northeast around 30 mph. 37
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 8:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 37 min |
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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.