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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 19, 2003Christian County, Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2003, 1:16 PM CST for Christian County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 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
Mar 19, 2003, 1:16 PM CST (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2003, 2:15 PM CST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Christian County, IL, Sangamon County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2003-03-19Temperature 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 2003-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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 191924
TORILX
ILC021-167-192015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
116 PM CST WED MAR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 215 PM CST

* AT 116 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH
  OF PAWNEE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT
  30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  EDINBURG
  CHATHAM
  ROCHESTER
  SPRINGFIELD
  MECHANICSBURG
  RIVERTON
  SHERMAN

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 3954 8976 3949 8938 3991 8937 3988 8994

$$
GOETSCH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 1:24 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Sangamon51 min
Mar 19, 5:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.