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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 10, 2003Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2003, 7:53 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 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 10, 2003, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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 10, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 1566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.8
Supercell composite: 12.7

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The text

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

204 
WFUS53 KILX 110053
TORILX
ILC057-095-110145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
749 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 749 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  STRONG ROTATION 8 MILES WEST OF ABINGDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH. ALSO...ANOTHER STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 21 
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF AVON. THESE STORMS 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...
  ABINGDON
  GALESBURG
  AVON
  LONDON MILLS
  KNOXVILLE
  FAIRVIEW
  GILSON
  MAQUON
  
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 4061 9089 4049 9078 4062 9002 4114 9001
          4115 9044 4085 9056

$$

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 10, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Schuyler	52 min
May 10, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	41 min
May 10, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Schuyler	50 min
May 10, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason	60 min
May 10, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Jasper	59 min
May 10, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Knox, Stark	44 min
May 10, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham	59 min
May 10, 9:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell	56 min
May 10, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	61 min
May 10, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	60 min
May 10, 9:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	60 min
May 10, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	61 min
May 10, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Woodford	54 min
May 10, 10:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	70 min
May 10, 10:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall	47 min
May 10, 11:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Woodford	42 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.