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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2024, 3:03 PM CDT for Clark County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 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
- May 7, 2024, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2024, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, IL, Edgar County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 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 May 7, 12:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 12:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 257 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024 ILZ027>031-036-037-040>042-047>051-081100- Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-Schuyler-Mason- Logan-Cass-Menard-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon- 257 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be east of I-55 this afternoon where there is a slight chance of severe thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Another chance for severe weather will occur Wednesday afternoon and early evening, with damaging winds, large hail, and an isolated tornado possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. ILZ038-043>046-052>057-061-081100- McLean-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Christian-Macon-Moultrie- Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby- 257 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois and east central Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will occur this afternoon, some of which could become severe with damaging wind gusts, large hail, and a few tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Another chance for severe weather will occur Wednesday afternoon and into mid Wednesday evening, with damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed from highway 51 east through 6 pm. Expected storm motion is toward the northeast around 45 to 50 mph. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-081100- Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- 257 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected through sunset, some of which could become severe with damaging wind gusts, large hail, and a few tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. A better chance for organized severe weather will occur Wednesday afternoon and into mid Wednesday evening, with damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed through 8 pm. Expected storm motion is toward the northeast around 45 to 50 mph. 07
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 7, 10:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 4:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott | 49 min |
| May 7, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 40 min |
| May 7, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 42 min |
| May 7, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall | 37 min |
| May 7, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 28 min |
| May 7, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, McLean, Piatt | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Douglas, Edgar | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Stark | 13 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.