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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 9, 2003McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2003, 4:40 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 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 9, 2003, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 50 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), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 9, 11:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 50 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: 279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 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 092140
TORILX
ILC113-092230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
440 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 440 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION OVER PLEASANT HILL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  FAIRBURY...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
  COLFAX
  ANCHOR


OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...COOKSVILLE AND LEXINGTON.

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 4070 8880 4052 8882 4048 8856 4056 8849

$$

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
Jul 8, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	61 min
Jul 8, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason	66 min
Jul 8, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Menard	63 min
Jul 8, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	30 min
Jul 8, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	51 min
Jul 8, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Moultrie, Shelby	45 min
Jul 9, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	58 min
Jul 9, 1:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	6 hr
Jul 9, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	25 min
Jul 9, 2:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Edgar	3 hr
Jul 9, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	55 min
Jul 9, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Woodford	65 min
Jul 9, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	61 min
Jul 9, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	59 min
Jul 9, 5:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	McLean	6 hr
Jul 9, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign	63 min
Jul 9, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Piatt	41 min
Jul 9, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell	65 min
Jul 9, 5:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	6 hr
Jul 9, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	52 min
Jul 9, 6:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Woodford	6 hr
Jul 9, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Woodford	59 min
Jul 9, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt	55 min
Jul 9, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	66 min
Jul 9, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	62 min
Jul 9, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Piatt	56 min
Jul 9, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	62 min
Jul 9, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas	63 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.