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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 8, 2002Peoria County, Tazewell County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2002, 11:28 PM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2002, 11:28 PM CDT (04:28 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2002, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 090428
TORSPI
ILC143-179-090530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1127 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1127 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLASFORD...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  GLASFORD
  SOUTH PEKIN
  HANNA CITY
  BARTONVILLE
  PEKIN
  CREVE COEUR
  MARQUETTE HEIGHTS
  WEST PEORIA

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.

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 4066 8985 4048 8992 4044 8970 4065 8935
          4082 8960

AUTEN

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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, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Mason47 min
May 8, 11:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMason6 hr
May 8, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.