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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2000, 10:40 PM CDT for McLean County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2000, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McLean County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 10:58 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Lexington, IL | |
| May 8, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Shamrock, IL | A tornado touched down half a mile north of Shamrock. It traveled east northeast causing minor to moderate damage to several machine sheds and barns. The most severe damage was to a two story house 2 miles north northwest of Downs. The 3 to 5 year old house |
| May 8, 11:19 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lexington, IL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
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 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 8, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 2720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 090344 TORSPI ILC113-179-090430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1040 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACKINAW...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEKIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... TREMONT HOPEDALE MACKINAW DEER CREEK CARLOCK TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO SEE. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME. INSTEAD...TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCYZ FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOUR REPORT COULD HELP SAVE LIVES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 47 min |
| May 8, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 65 min |
| May 8, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 65 min |
| May 8, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 60 min |
| May 8, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 55 min |
| May 8, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 43 min |
| May 8, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 64 min |
| May 8, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 61 min |
| May 8, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 63 min |
| May 8, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 57 min |
| May 8, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 67 min |
| May 9, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Scott | 46 min |
| May 9, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 48 min |
| May 9, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 53 min |
| May 9, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 50 min |
| May 9, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 55 min |
| May 9, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 39 min |
| May 9, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 56 min |
| May 9, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 63 min |
| May 9, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 46 min |
| May 9, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.