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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2000, 10:17 AM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports 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 18, 2000, 10:17 AM CDT (15:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2000, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Vermilion County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:28 AM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Georgetown, IL | |
| May 18, 10:40 AM CDT | Hail 2 | Rossville, 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 557 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 181517 TORSPI ILC183-181545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1017 AM CDT THU MAY 18 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1045 AM CDT * AT 1017 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIDELL...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... FITHIAN SIDELL FAIRMOUNT OAKWOOD CATLIN GEORGETOWN WESTVILLE TILTON DANVILLE 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. YXOUR REPORT COULD HELP SAVE LIVES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 4027 8795 3990 8790 3990 8753 4044 8755 HEDGES NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 9:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 53 min |
| May 18, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 43 min |
| May 18, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 55 min |
| May 18, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 55 min |
| May 18, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 60 min |
| May 18, 10:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 47 min |
| May 18, 11:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 45 min |
| May 18, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 40 min |
| May 18, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 49 min |
| May 18, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Stark | 45 min |
| May 18, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 42 min |
| May 18, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 37 min |
| May 18, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 44 min |
| May 18, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 47 min |
| May 18, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 24 min |
| May 18, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 42 min |
| May 18, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 47 min |
| May 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 45 min |
| May 18, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean | 62 min |
| May 18, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 68 min |
| May 18, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 42 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.