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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 8, 2003Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2003, 5:08 PM CDT for Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 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: May 8, 2003, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crawford County, IL, Lawrence County, IL

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 8, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 161 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.

858 
WFUS53 KILX 082208
TORILX
ILC033-101-082245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
505 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 505 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
  WITH STRONG ROTATION EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF OBLONG
  TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLNEY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE
  STORMS COULD PRODUCE A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS AT ANY
  TIME. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND 
  DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. GO TO A SAFE
  PLACE NOW

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CHAUNCEY
  SUMNER
  OBLONG
  HARDINVILLE
  EATON
  NEW HEBRON
  ROBINSON
  BRIDGEPORT
  LAWRENCEVILLE

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 3918 8796 3885 8791 3859 8791 3859 8766
          3875 8753 3918 8768

$$

BYRD

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence, Richland	47 min
May 8, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	41 min
May 8, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	31 min
May 8, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	60 min
May 8, 5:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Effingham	3 hr
May 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	3 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.