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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT for Coles County, Douglas County, Moultrie County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 min. 4 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
- Aug 26, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Moultrie County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Cadwell, IL | One inch hail was reported in Arthur on both sides of the Moultrie/Douglas county line. |
| Aug 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Arthur, IL | One inch hail was reported in Arthur on both sides of the Moultrie/Douglas county line. |
| Aug 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Cadwell, IL | Golfball sized hail was reported in Arthur on both sides of the Moultrie/Douglas county line with a second storm that moved through the area. |
| Aug 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Arthur, IL | Golfball sized hail was reported in Arthur on both sides of the Moultrie/Douglas county line with a second storm that moved through the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 3339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 270246
TORSPI
ILC029-041-139-270330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
945 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
MOULTRIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF ARTHUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
ARTHUR
CADWELL
CHESTER
ARCOLA
COOKS MILL
HUMBOLDT
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 LOCAL ESDA...OR THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
LAT...LON 3980 8843 3979 8864 3955 8851 3954 8832
3966 8823
AUTEN
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 75 min |
| Aug 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 57 min |
| Aug 26, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 75 min |
| Aug 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper | 69 min |
| Aug 27, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.