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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2024, 11:02 AM CDT for Coles County, Moultrie County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 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 31, 2024, 11:02 AM CDT (16:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2024, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coles County, IL, Moultrie County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 2615 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
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 31, 10:34 AM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 10:34 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 527 AM CDT Wed Jul 31 2024 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-011100- Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler- Mason-Logan-De Witt-Cass-Menard-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian- Macon- 527 AM CDT Wed Jul 31 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms will move across the area this morning. They are likely to be strong to severe, with damaging winds the primary threat. Periods of heavy rain will result in localized ponding of water. Another cluster of storms is expected after midnight, with the best chances closer to the I-74 corridor. These may also be severe. Outside of the storms, heat index values around 100 degrees are expected this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Strong to severe storms will continue into Thursday morning, with damaging winds and heavy rain the main threats. While additional storms are expected on Friday, the severe weather threat should be further east. Heat index values of 100 to 105 degrees are expected Thursday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this morning, and again after midnight. Expected storm motion is toward the southeast around 40 mph. ILZ044>046-054>057-061-011100- Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby- 527 AM CDT Wed Jul 31 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Illinois. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms will move across the area later this morning through midday. They are likely to be strong to severe, with damaging winds the primary threat. Periods of heavy rain will result in localized ponding of water. Another cluster of storms is expected after midnight, and these may also be severe. Outside of the storms, heat index values around 100 degrees are expected this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Strong to severe storms will continue into Thursday morning, with damaging winds and heavy rain the main threats. While additional storms are expected on Friday, the severe weather threat should be further east. Heat index values of 100 to 105 degrees are expected Thursday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed between 9 am and 1 pm, and again toward sunrise Thursday. Expected storm motion is toward the southeast around 40 mph. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-011100- Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- 527 AM CDT Wed Jul 31 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to move into the area by early afternoon. Damaging winds and localized flooding are the primary threats. Additional storms are possible toward sunrise Thursday morning, and these may also be strong to severe. Heat index values of 100 to 110 degrees are expected today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Strong to severe storms will continue into Thursday morning, with additional storms forming in the afternoon. While more storms are expected on Friday, the severe weather threat should be further east. Heat index values of 100 to 110 degrees are expected Thursday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon, and again toward sunrise Thursday. Expected storm motion is toward the southeast around 40 mph. Geelhart
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 6:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 55 min |
| Jul 31, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 7:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Tazewell | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 7:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 8:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 27 min |
| Jul 31, 8:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 8:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 36 min |
| Jul 31, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 9:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 33 min |
| Jul 31, 9:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland, Edgar | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 37 min |
| Jul 31, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 44 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.