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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 13, 2002Logan County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2002, 1:30 AM CDT for Logan County, Illinois. It was in force for 60 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: Jun 13, 2002, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2002, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Logan County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 130630
TORSPI
ILC107-130730-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 129 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  EMDEN...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF MASON CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  EMDEN
  HARTSBURG
  LINCOLN
  ATLANTA
  MOUNT PULASKI
  BEASON
  CHESTNUT
  LATHAM

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO
SEE. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME. INSTEAD...TAKE COVER
IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.

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 4032 8959 4006 8958 3992 8917 4028 8915

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, 12:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Tazewell	62 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

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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.