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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 10, 2002Clark County, Coles County, Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 11:39 AM CST for Clark County, Coles County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 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
Nov 10, 2002, 11:39 AM CST (17:39 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 12:45 PM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Edgar County, IL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 11:10 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2002-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 302 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 12:00Z on 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 11:48 AM CSTTornado WarningILXCumberland57 min
Nov 10, 11:48 AM CSTTornado WarningILXCumberland57 min
Nov 10, 12:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Jasper60 min
Nov 10, 1:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford63 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.