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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 8, 2003McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2003, 3:45 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 60 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: Jul 8, 2003, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 60 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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
Jul 8, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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: 1887 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1341 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -48 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 082045
TORILX
ILC113-082145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
345 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 345 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF STANFORD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF
  PEKIN...MOVING EAST 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...
  DANVERS
  STANFORD
  CARLOCK
  NORMAL
  SHIRLEY
  HUDSON
  BLOOMINGTON
  TOWANDA

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...ANCHOR...ARROWSMITH...
BELLFLOWER...COLFAX...COOKSVILLE...DOWNS...ELLSWORTH...LE ROY...
LEXINGTON...PLEASANT HILL...SAYBROOK AND HOLDER.

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 4065 8874 4063 8850 4029 8850 4033 8928
          4058 8928 4066 8896

$$

BARKER

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Stark	54 min
Jul 8, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Stark	54 min
Jul 8, 12:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Stark	46 min
Jul 8, 1:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall	60 min
Jul 8, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	54 min
Jul 8, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Knox	55 min
Jul 8, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	60 min
Jul 8, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Stark	54 min
Jul 8, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell	59 min
Jul 8, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Tazewell	25 min
Jul 8, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason	56 min
Jul 8, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell	43 min
Jul 8, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt	67 min
Jul 8, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	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.