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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2003, 7:18 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 57 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
- Jun 11, 2003, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Christian County, IL, Macon County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 120018 TORILX ILC021-115-147-167-120115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 717 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO JUST SOUTH OF CORNLAND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SPRINGFIELD ROCHESTER BERRY ROBY DAWSON BUFFALO MECHANICSBURG ILLIOPOLIS OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...ARGENTA...BEMENT...CERRO GORDO...CHATHAM...CISCO...DECATUR...FORSYTH...HARRISTOWN... MONTICELLO...MOUNT AUBURN...NIANTIC...OREANA...WARRENSBURG AND OAKLEY. 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 3975 8991 3962 8975 3988 8854 4006 8858 $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 3 hr |
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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.