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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 4, 2003Clay County, Effingham County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2003, 6:32 PM CST for Clay County, Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 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: Apr 4, 2003, 6:32 PM CST (00:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2003, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, IL, Effingham 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
Apr 4, 2:35 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Apr 4, 4:25 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 4, 6:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 3081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 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.

819 
WFUS53 KILX 050032
TORILX
ILC025-049-050115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
631 PM CST FRI APR 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 631 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDGEWOOD...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  EDGEWOOD
  IOLA
  LOUISVILLE
  WATSON
  BIBLE GROVE
  DIETERICH
  INGAHAM

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 3892 8891 3876 8885 3876 8837 3885 8826
          3885 8837 3909 8837

$$
PLAHMER
NNNN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 6:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	54 min
Apr 4, 6:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	46 min
Apr 4, 7:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Jasper, Richland	56 min
Apr 4, 7:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	48 min
Apr 4, 7:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	59 min
Apr 4, 7:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.