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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 18, 2000DeWitt County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2000, 7:15 PM CDT for DeWitt County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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 18, 2000, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County DeWitt County, IL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 18, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 18, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1192 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

350 
WFUS53 KILX 190016
TORSPI
ILC039-190100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
715 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF WAYNESVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WAYNESVILLE
  CLINTON
  WAPELLA
  FARMER 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 4028 8916 4013 8916 4015 8870 4029 8857

HEDGES

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Piatt62 min
May 18, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion54 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.