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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 13, 2002Fulton County, Mason County, Tazewell County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2002, 12:43 AM CDT for Fulton County, Mason County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 62 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: Jun 13, 2002, 12:43 AM CDT (05:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2002, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fulton County, IL, Mason County, IL, Tazewell County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 1:20 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Forest City, IL	Two power poles were blown down across US Highway 136.

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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 1457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.3
Supercell composite: -2.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 130543
TORSPI
ILC057-125-179-130645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1241 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1241 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR LEWISTOWN...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. AT 1242 AM...THIS STORM PRODUCED 70 MPH
  WINDS AND WIND DAMAGE IN LEWISTOWN.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LEWISTOWN
  HAVANA
  MANITO
  GREEN VALLEY
  DELAVAN
  HOPEDALE

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 4059 9016 4032 9017 4018 8964 4033 8963
          4033 8936 4043 8939

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
Jun 12, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	56 min
Jun 12, 9:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Knox	6 hr
Jun 12, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	64 min
Jun 12, 11:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton	55 min
Jun 13, 1:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan	60 min
Jun 13, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell	61 min
Jun 13, 4:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	6 hr
Jun 13, 4:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian	6 hr
Jun 13, 4:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Scott	5 hr
Jun 13, 5:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark	5 hr
Jun 13, 5:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Shelby	6 hr
Jun 13, 6:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	4 hr
Jun 13, 6:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham	16 hr
Jun 13, 6:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham	5 hr
Jun 13, 10:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	6 hr

Nearby

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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.