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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Chicago, IL

May 28, 2001Kankakee County, Will County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2001, 5:34 PM CDT for Kankakee County, Will County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2001, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kankakee County, IL, Will County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 12:00Z on 2001-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLOT 282238
TORCHI

ILC091-197-282315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
534 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
  EASTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...SPOTTER AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERAL     
  FUNNEL CLOUDS AND THUNDERSTORMS  OVER ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH          
  OF MOMENCE...AND JUST SOUTH MONEE. MOVING EAST AT 5   MPH.

* THE TORNADOES WILL  BE 
  8 MILES SOUTH OF BEECHER AROUND 615 PM CDT
  BETWEEN BEECHER AND CRETE ILLINOIS   


REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$


WILSON

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.