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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 12, 2000Christian County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2000, 5:23 PM CDT for Christian County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2000, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Christian County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 12, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2035 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2035 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-305 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KILX 122224
TORSPI
ILC021-173-122330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
523 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR STONINGTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
  TAYLORVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  STONINGTON
  MOWEAQUA
  ASSUMPTION
  WESTERVELT
  SHELBYVILLE

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD
BE ABANDONED FOR A SAFER SHELTER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOUR
REPORT COULD HELP SAVE LIVES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 3980 8915 3959 8936 3934 8878 3965 8882
          3966 8914

HEDGES

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason32 min
May 12, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell44 min
May 12, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason39 min
May 12, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCass, Mason, Menard47 min
May 12, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell, Woodford46 min
May 12, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMenard, Sangamon49 min
May 12, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford46 min
May 12, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Mason58 min
May 12, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan47 min
May 12, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean63 min
May 12, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt49 min
May 12, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell46 min
May 12, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon25 min
May 12, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon50 min
May 12, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford63 min
May 12, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan29 min
May 12, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian42 min
May 12, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPiatt62 min
May 12, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon41 min
May 12, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign39 min
May 12, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMoultrie63 min
May 12, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion55 min
May 12, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon36 min
May 12, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign50 min
May 12, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDouglas65 min
May 12, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby43 min
May 12, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian51 min
May 12, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion68 min
May 12, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes51 min

Nearby

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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.