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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 11, 2003Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2003, 7:32 PM CDT for Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 58 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, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2003-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 467 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2003-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 120032
TORILX
ILC019-183-120130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
732 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 730 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO FROM POTOMAC TO MAHOMET...
  OR FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF CHAMPAIGN...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED 
  TO BE NEAR...
  GIFFORD
  RANTOUL
  FISHER
  LUDLOW
  HOOPESTON
  FOOSLAND
  RANKIN

FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM MAY TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME. DO NOT WAIT
FOR THE FUNNEL CLOUD TO TOUCH DOWN.

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 4029 8770 4009 8845 4048 8844 4069 8762

$$

BAK

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXLogan, Macon, Sangamon6 hr
Jun 11, 7:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion6 hr
Jun 11, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon57 min
Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt, Piatt6 hr
Jun 11, 9:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChristian6 hr
Jun 12, 12:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion3 hr

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.