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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2000, 9:33 AM CDT for Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2000, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2000, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Piatt County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 10:05 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Lodge, IL | A tornado made a series of touchdowns over a 3.5 mile path. In Lodge, the tornado briefly touched down destroying a chimney on a house, then lifted and moved to the east. It touched down one more time near the intersection of Route 10 and I-72 in a field. N |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 4 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
- 595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 201436
TORSPI
ILC147-201515-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
933 AM CDT THU APR 20 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PIATT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
* AT 933 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE LAND...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
NORTH OF DECATUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
AT 928 AM...STATE POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 1 MILE
NORTH OF FORSYTH...AND ANOTHER ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF FORSYTH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
MONTICELLO
DE LAND
WHITE HEATH
MANSFIELD
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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE TORNADO IS LIKELY OBSCURED BY RAIN
AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE.
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 4009 8875 3992 8874 4009 8846 4029 8848
4026 8860 4017 8865
KETCHAM
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Scott | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 5:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 27 min |
| Apr 20, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Peoria, Tazewell | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 7:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 9:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 9:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 9:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 10:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 10:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 10:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 58 min |
| Apr 20, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 11:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 11:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 11:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 38 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.