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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 30, 20244 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2024, 8:05 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 40 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 30, 2024, 8:05 AM CDT (13:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2024, 8:45 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Christian County, IL, Macon County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

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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
Jul 30, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 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 Jul 30, 6:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 6:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 5:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 30, 7:06 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:30 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
730 AM CDT Tue Jul 30 2024

ILZ048-050>052-301315-
Sangamon-Morgan-Menard-Christian-
730 AM CDT Tue Jul 30 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MENARD...
NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN...SANGAMON AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES
THROUGH 815 AM CDT...

At 729 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Petersburg to near Franklin. Movement was
southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Petersburg, Athens, Chatham, Alexander, Auburn, Sherman,
Rochester, Riverton, Pawnee, Kincaid, Williamsville, New Berlin,
Waverly, Divernon, Edinburg, Illiopolis, Pleasant Plains, Loami, and
Franklin.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 55 between mile markers 77 and 109.
 Interstate 72 between mile markers 76 and 123.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Lincoln.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for
central and west central Illinois.

&&

LAT...LON 4004 8984 3987 8922 3939 8953 3952 8954
      3952 9011 3955 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1229Z 293DEG 39KT 3998 8980 3960 9008

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Geelhart

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian	50 min
Jul 29, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon	40 min
Jul 29, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	23 min
Jul 30, 12:53 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Fulton, Logan and 13 more	7 hr
Jul 30, 2:23 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ILX	Cass, Christian, Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper and 8 more	18 hr
Jul 30, 6:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	49 min
Jul 30, 6:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	42 min
Jul 30, 6:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	35 min
Jul 30, 7:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	43 min
Jul 30, 7:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Menard, Sangamon	45 min
Jul 30, 8:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Macon, Moultrie and 1 more	24 min
Jul 30, 8:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Moultrie, Shelby	47 min
Jul 30, 9:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	38 min
Jul 30, 10:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	19 min
Jul 30, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Fulton, Mason	26 min
Jul 30, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Menard	28 min
Jul 30, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Logan, Macon, Moultrie, Sangamon, Shelby	43 min
Jul 30, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby	42 min
Jul 30, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Richland	38 min
Jul 30, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby	65 min
Jul 30, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence, Richland	51 min
Jul 30, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	43 min
Jul 30, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Schuyler	28 min
Jul 30, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	36 min
Jul 30, 5:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	3 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.