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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 14, 2003McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2003, 5:33 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 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 14, 2003, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2003, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McLean County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 14, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 31 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: 1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 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.

748 
WFUS53 KILX 142233 CCA
TORILX
ILC113-142315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
530 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAYBROOK...OR ABOUT 11
  MILES WEST OF GIBSON CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL MCLEAN COUNTY
  ARROWSMITH
  BELLFLOWER
  LE ROY
  SAYBROOK

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DAMAGING HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. TAKE
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 4031 8885 4029 8849 4060 8847 4061 8863

$$

GOETSCH

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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 14, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Stark	26 min
May 14, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Stark	60 min
May 14, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria	50 min
May 14, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Woodford	50 min
May 14, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	30 min
May 14, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell	38 min
May 14, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	44 min
May 14, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	56 min
May 14, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Piatt	47 min
May 14, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	61 min
May 14, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan	57 min
May 14, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Schuyler	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.