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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 12, 2000Clay County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2000, 8:06 PM CDT for Clay County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 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: May 12, 2000, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clay County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 12, 8:50 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Flora, IL	Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree and several power lines in Flora.

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 12, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.5

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The text

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

932 
WFUS53 KILX 130108
TORSPI
ILC025-130200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 806 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF IOLA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  IOLA
  XENIA
  LOUISVILLE
  FLORA
  BIBLE GROVE
  SAILOR SPRINGS
  CLAY CITY

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 3892 8871 3862 8872 3861 8829 3891 8836

HEDGES

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland	49 min
May 12, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	57 min
May 12, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon	45 min
May 12, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	68 min
May 12, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Piatt	65 min
May 12, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles	29 min
May 12, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Jasper	49 min
May 12, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	59 min
May 12, 8:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	53 min
May 12, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark	34 min
May 12, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	50 min
May 12, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	48 min
May 12, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Richland	47 min
May 12, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.