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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2026, 8:15 PM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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
- Jun 11, 2026, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2026, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Champaign County, IL, Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Arcola, IL | Shingle damage from thunderstorm winds. |
| Jun 11, 8:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Arcola, IL | |
| Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Hindsboro, IL | Trees and powerlines down on West Kemp Street. Time estimated by radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.5
The text
As transmitted.
052
WUUS53 KILX 120115
SVRILX
ILC019-029-041-139-147-120145-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0252.260612T0115Z-260612T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
815 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Coles County in east central Illinois...
Northeastern Moultrie County in central Illinois...
Southeastern Piatt County in central Illinois...
Southern Champaign County in east central Illinois...
Douglas County in east central Illinois...
* Until 845 PM CDT.
* At 815 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Atwood, or 8
miles west of Tuscola, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Tuscola and Arcola around 820 PM CDT.
Oakland around 835 PM CDT.
This includes Interstate 57 between mile markers 195 and 223.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for central and
east central Illinois.
&&
LAT...LON 3976 8865 3996 8851 3994 8794 3943 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 279DEG 51KT 3977 8844
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DeubelbeissThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 14 min |
| Jun 11, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Piatt, Vermilion | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 7:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Coles, Douglas, Macon, Morgan, Moultrie and 3 more | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 15 min |
| Jun 11, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Morgan, Piatt, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Sangamon | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and 1 more | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 20 days |
| Jun 12, 10:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 47 hr |
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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.