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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2002, 2:09 PM CDT for Clay County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 min. 4 reports 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 1, 2002, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2002, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clay County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Kinmundy, IL | Three tornadoes caused damage near Kinmundy. The first tornado caused considerable damage to a 2 story structure near the intersection of Highway 37 and Kinoka Road. The roof and 2 walls of the structure were thrown across Highway 37 into the woods. There was |
| May 1, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Kinmundy, IL | Three tornadoes caused damage near Kinmundy, Illinois. The third tornado significantly damaged a mobile home. This tornado also destroyed several large trees. |
| May 1, 2:20 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Farina, IL | |
| May 1, 2:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Louisville, IL | One hundred cars received hail damage at a car dealership in Louisville. Additional vehicles around Louisville sustained broken windows. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 011910 TORSPI ILC025-012015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 209 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 209 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF IOLA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 45 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... IOLA LOUISVILLE BIBLE GROVE SAILOR SPRINGS CLAY CITY 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 3893 8895 3875 8897 3866 8831 3888 8837 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 51 min |
| May 1, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 49 min |
| May 1, 1:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian | 6 hr |
| May 1, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 51 min |
| May 1, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Scott | 24 min |
| May 1, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 56 min |
| May 1, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 39 min |
| May 1, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 65 min |
| May 1, 2:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 6 hr |
| May 1, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 45 min |
| May 1, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Richland | 38 min |
| May 1, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 48 min |
| May 1, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 40 min |
| May 1, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 50 min |
| May 1, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Richland | 42 min |
| May 1, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 54 min |
| May 1, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Shelby | 6 hr |
| May 1, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 54 min |
| May 1, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 56 min |
| May 1, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 38 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.