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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 20, 2025Christian County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2025, 3:48 PM CDT for Christian County, Shelby 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: Sep 20, 2025, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired: Sep 20, 2025, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Christian County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Sep 20, 2:54 PM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 2:54 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 20, 5:53 AM CDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
553 AM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>044-047>054-061-066-071-211100-
Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler-
Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Cass-Menard-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-
Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Shelby-Effingham-Clay-
553 AM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois, east
central Illinois, southeast Illinois and west central Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible today and tonight.
Occasional cloud-to-ground lightning will be the primary hazard, but
severe thunderstorms are not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Periods of scattered thunderstorms are possible Sunday through much
of the upcoming week. Lightning would be the primary hazard, though
the threat for severe weather appears low at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight.

ILZ045-046-055>057-062-063-067-068-072-073-211100-
Champaign-Vermilion-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Cumberland-Clark-Jasper-
Crawford-Richland-Lawrence-
553 AM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Illinois and
southeast Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible today and tonight.
Occasional cloud-to-ground lightning will be the primary hazard, but
severe thunderstorms are not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

An isolated strong to severe thunderstorm is possible across portions
of east central Illinois Sunday afternoon and evening. Damaging wind
gusts will be the primary hazard.

Periods of scattered thunderstorms are possible through much of the
upcoming week. Lightning would be the primary hazard, though the
threat for severe weather appears low at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight.

Deubelbeiss

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 20, 1:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 20, 2:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 20, 2:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 20, 2:57 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 20, 3:13 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 20, 3:33 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 20, 1:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Sangamon	113 min
Sep 20, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt	34 min
Sep 20, 1:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Woodford	111 min
Sep 20, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Sangamon	36 min
Sep 20, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Christian	26 min
Sep 20, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Tazewell	32 min
Sep 20, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Christian	31 min
Sep 20, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Richland	37 min
Sep 20, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cass	29 min
Sep 20, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Richland	40 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.