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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 28, 2003Peoria County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2003, 9:32 PM CDT for Peoria 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 28, 2003, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Peoria County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 290232
TORILX
ILC143-290330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
931 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 931 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BRIMFIELD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF CANTON...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 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...
  KICKAPOO
  NORWOOD
  DUNLAP
  ELMWOOD

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 4092 8992 4069 8997 4069 8968 4091 8965

$$

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HALL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox, Peoria	64 min
Jun 29, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	42 min
Jun 29, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	58 min
Jun 29, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Edgar, Vermilion	41 min
Jun 29, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	66 min
Jun 29, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Piatt	53 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.