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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 28, 2003Christian County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT for Christian County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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 28, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Christian County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 28, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 72 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: 2202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 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.

381 
WFUS53 KILX 282145
TORILX
ILC021-173-282230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
443 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 443 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES NORTHWEST MOWEAQUA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
  MOWEAQUA
  ASSUMPTION
  WESTERVELT
  SHELBYVILLE
  FINDLAY

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 3966 8913 3947 8908 3930 8875 3950 8865
          3957 8883 3966 8883

$$

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 28, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Stark	52 min
May 28, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Woodford	60 min
May 28, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Tazewell, Woodford	49 min
May 28, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell	40 min
May 28, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	50 min
May 28, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan	28 min
May 28, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt	62 min
May 28, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon	67 min
May 28, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	52 min
May 28, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham, Shelby	46 min
May 28, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	82 min
May 28, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	76 min
May 28, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	65 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.