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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 8, 2001Coles County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2001, 4:57 PM CDT for Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 63 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: Jul 8, 2001, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Coles County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Mattoon, IL	Numerous trees were blown down in the Mattoon, Fairgrange, and Charleston areas. Also, one mile south of Mattoon a 25 foot ham radio tower was blown down.

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
Jul 8, 11:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 8, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 082200
TORSPI

ILC029-082300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
457 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO NEAR THE COLES/MOULTRIE COUNTY LINE NEAR ALLENVILLE...
  OR 5 MILES WEST OF MATTOON. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
  FUNNEL CLOUDS. STATE POLICE REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN 
  THIS AREA.  

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HUMBOLDT
  MATTOON
  LERNA
  CHARLESTON
  RARDIN
  ASHMORE

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.

FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM MAY TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME. DO NOT WAIT
FOR THE FUNNEL CLOUD TO TOUCH DOWN.

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 3964 8847 3939 8846 3939 8805 3964 8798

FRIEDERS

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	57 min
Jul 8, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Stark	61 min
Jul 8, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	59 min
Jul 8, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Woodford	58 min
Jul 8, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	56 min
Jul 8, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	67 min
Jul 8, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas, Moultrie	60 min
Jul 8, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles	64 min
Jul 8, 4:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Moultrie	43 min
Jul 8, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	54 min
Jul 8, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	71 min
Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Shelby	66 min
Jul 8, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark	60 min
Jul 8, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cumberland	55 min
Jul 8, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Jasper	75 min
Jul 8, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	68 min
Jul 8, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Cumberland	32 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.