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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2024, 5:57 PM CDT for Clay County, Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 7, 2024, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2024, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, IL, Effingham County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 432 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 610 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 7, 1:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 1:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 3:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 342 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>051-053-055-057-081100- Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler- Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass-Menard-Scott- Morgan-Sangamon-Macon-Douglas-Edgar- 342 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois, east central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Isolated showers and storms are still possible across the area, but severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Recent rains have led to rises on area rivers, some of which are forecast to reach flood stage. For specific river forecasts, visit water.weather.gov. There are additional periodic chances for thunderstorms Tuesday through Thursday. At this time, the severe threat appears low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight. ILZ052-054-056-061>063-066>068-071>073-081100- Christian-Moultrie-Coles-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Jasper- Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- 342 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois, east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight. There is a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) for severe storms late this afternoon and early this evening south of I-72. Hail up to 1 inch and wind gusts up to 60 mph will be the main severe weather threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Recent rains have led to rises on area rivers, some of which are forecast to reach flood stage. For specific river forecasts, visit water.weather.gov. There are additional periodic chances for thunderstorms Tuesday through Thursday. At this time, the severe threat appears low with any of these storms. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight. Auten
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 27 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.