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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 1, 2002Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2002, 3:36 PM CDT for Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2002, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shelby County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 1, 4:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Tower Hill, IL
May 1, 4:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EMode, ILThunderstorm winds blew down a shed that was under construction, destroyed another farm shed, tore the roof off of another one, and blew down numerous trees and tree limbs.
May 1, 4:20 PM CDTTornado F0Sigel, ILA tornado briefly touched down 3 miles west northwest of Sigel. It removed half of a barn roof and threw the debris into the owner's backyard. Several 2 by 6 beams from the roof were driven into the ground. A horse was also injured as the roof fell on top o

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 1, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 2002-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 012036
TORSPI
ILC173-012130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
335 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 335 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 17 MILES WEST
  OF TOWER HILL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TOWER HILL
  WESTERVELT
  LAKEWOOD
  SHELBYVILLE
  COWDEN
  FINDLAY
  STEWARDSON
  WINDSOR

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 3963 8892 3928 8912 3924 8901 3922 8852
          3945 8858

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott51 min
May 1, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler49 min
May 1, 1:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChristian6 hr
May 1, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Mason51 min
May 1, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXScott24 min
May 1, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham56 min
May 1, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard39 min
May 1, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay66 min
May 1, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay65 min
May 1, 2:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon, Scott6 hr
May 1, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan45 min
May 1, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningILXRichland38 min
May 1, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon48 min
May 1, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLawrence40 min
May 1, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian50 min
May 1, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXRichland42 min
May 1, 4:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXShelby6 hr
May 1, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCumberland54 min
May 1, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford56 min
May 1, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria38 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.