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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2000, 7:28 PM CDT for Champaign County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 62 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 18, 2000, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Champaign County, IL, Piatt County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Thomasboro, IL | A tornado briefly touched down in a field 1.5 miles northwest of Thomasboro. No injuries or damage were reported. |
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 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
612
WFUS53 KILX 190029
TORSPI
ILC019-147-190130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
728 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PIATT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 728 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO
DEVELOPING TORNADOS...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GIBSON CITY AND NEAR LEROY.
BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
MANSFIELD
MAHOMET
LAKE OF THE WOODS
FISHER
RANTOUL
GIFFORD
CHAMPAIGN
URBANA
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. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...GO TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR
CAR OR MOBILE HOME.
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 4041 8846 4029 8848 4016 8866 3996 8875
3990 8798 4043 8796
AUTEN
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 45 min |
| May 18, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 54 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.