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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 30, 2003McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2003, 8:09 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 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 30, 2003, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 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), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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 30, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 30, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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: 142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

545 
WFUS53 KILX 310109
TORILX
ILC113-310200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
808 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 808 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH
  OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
  LEXINGTON
  COOKSVILLE
  GRIDLEY
  CHENOA
  
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 4073 8891 4064 8907 4047 8858 4057 8865

$$

EH

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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 30, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall	40 min
May 30, 7:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Woodford	41 min
May 30, 7:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason	50 min
May 30, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan, Tazewell	39 min
May 30, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan	48 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Piatt	45 min
May 30, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon	25 min
May 30, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon	23 min
May 30, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	63 min
May 30, 9:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Douglas	40 min
May 30, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar	45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.