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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2025, 3:19 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 41 min. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2025, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2025, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Logan County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Delavan, IL | Power pole bent and 12 inch tree snapped 2.5 miles NW of Delavan. |
| Mar 19, 3:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Delavan, IL | Power pole bent and 12 inch tree snapped 2.5 miles NW of Delavan. |
| Mar 19, 3:34 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Se Dillon, IL | Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.). |
| Mar 19, 3:34 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Se Dillon, IL | Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.). |
| Mar 19, 3:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 E Dillon, IL | |
| Mar 19, 3:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 E Dillon, IL | |
| Mar 19, 3:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 E Dillon, IL | Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.). |
| Mar 19, 3:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 E Dillon, IL | Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.). |
| Mar 19, 3:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Mackinaw, IL | A large oak tree was snapped. |
| Mar 19, 3:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Mackinaw, IL | A large oak tree was snapped. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 12:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
872
WUUS53 KILX 192019
SVRILX
ILC107-113-125-179-192100-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0021.250319T2019Z-250319T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
319 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Logan County in central Illinois...
Southeastern Tazewell County in central Illinois...
Western McLean County in central Illinois...
Northeastern Mason County in central Illinois...
* Until 400 PM CDT.
* At 318 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over San Jose, or
8 miles north of Mason City, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Delavan around 325 PM CDT.
Hopedale around 335 PM CDT.
This includes Interstate 155 between mile markers 9 and 28.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for central
Illinois.
&&
LAT...LON 4021 8964 4031 8980 4063 8961 4041 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 225DEG 38KT 4032 8964
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
DeubelbeissThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 9:17 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ILX | Cass, Christian, Clay, DeWitt, Effingham, Fulton and 11 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby | 41 min |
| Mar 19, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Jasper, Richland | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 53 min |
| Mar 19, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 66 min |
| Mar 19, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more | 55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.