Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Aug 18, 2001, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 18, 2001, 4:30 PM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Douglas County, 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.

559 
WFUS53 KILX 182031
TORSPI
ILC041-182130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
330 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF ATWOOD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TUSCOLA
  VILLA GROVE
  CAMARGO
  NEWMAN

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...ACT NOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF.
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE TORNADO BEFORE TAKING ACTION. YOU MAY
NOT SEE OR HEAR ITS APPROACH.

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 3988 8847 3974 8848 3969 8798 3988 8795

HEDGES

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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001

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.