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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2024, 9:44 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Jun 13, 2024, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2024, 10:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Champaign County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 2804 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1401 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
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 13, 8:53 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 8:53 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 309 PM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-142015- Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler- Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass-Menard-Scott- Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby- 309 PM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois, east central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Severe thunderstorms are forecast to impact the area this evening. Damaging winds gusts, large hail, and a few tornadoes are possible. Heavy rain rates could result in localized rainfall amounts over 5", which could lead to flash flooding, especially in urban areas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Heat and humidity will increase again late this weekend and early next week, with heat indices reaching the mid 90s to low 100 degree range each day Sunday through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed between 5 PM and 11 PM. Expected storm motion is toward the southeast around 25 to 35 mph. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-142015- Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- 309 PM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms tonight may produce gusty winds, though organized severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Heat and humidity will increase again late this weekend and early next week, with heat indices reaching the mid 90s to around 100 degrees each day Sunday through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. Erwin
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:50 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 19 min |
| Jun 13, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Marshall, Woodford | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 22 min |
| Jun 13, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, McLean, Piatt, Vermilion | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 6 min |
| Jun 13, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan | 29 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.