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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 8, 2002Fulton County, Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2002, 10:58 PM CDT for Fulton County, Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2002, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2002, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fulton County, IL, Mason County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 11:05 PM CDTHail 1Lewistown, 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1076 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 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
1076 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
9.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 090358
TORSPI
ILC057-125-090445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1057 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1057 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATH...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  HAVANA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A
  TORNADO AT ANY TIME. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A
  SAFE PLACE NOW

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HAVANA
  DUNCAN MILLS
  LITTLE AMERICA
  LIVERPOOL

A DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED TORNADO MEANS THAT THERE IS STRONG ROTATION
WITHIN THE STORM. THE STORM MAY NOT BE PRODUCING A TORNADO AT THE
MOMENT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. FOR YOUR
SAFETY...GO INDOORS NOW TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 4028 9035 4015 9020 4037 8980 4049 8998

GEELHART/SMITH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSchuyler6 hr
May 8, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott57 min
May 8, 10:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton6 hr
May 8, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean64 min
May 8, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason45 min
May 8, 10:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass, Morgan, Scott6 hr
May 8, 11:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMason6 hr
May 8, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon51 min
May 8, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell62 min
May 9, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford43 min
May 9, 12:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford6 hr
May 9, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Shelby52 min
May 9, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie26 min
May 9, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Coles, Douglas63 min
May 9, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham44 min
May 9, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland63 min
May 9, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion53 min
May 9, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland40 min
May 9, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Crawford, Edgar, Jasper61 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.