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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 9, 2003Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2003, 6:08 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 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, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 12:00Z on 2003-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 279 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 12:00Z on 2003-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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 092308
TORILX
ILC183-100000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 607 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION OVER COLLISON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF RANTOUL...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 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...
  CATLIN
  ALVIN
  DANVILLE
  TILTON
  BISMARCK
  WESTVILLE
  POTOMAC

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING 
INCLUDE...FAIRMOUNT...FITHIAN...HENNING...OAKWOOD...POTOMAC...ROSSVIL
LE AND ARMSTRONG.

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 4045 8791 3998 8791 4000 8759 4042 8755

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott61 min
Jul 8, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Mason66 min
Jul 8, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard63 min
Jul 8, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon30 min
Jul 8, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian51 min
Jul 8, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby45 min
Jul 9, 11:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean58 min
Jul 9, 1:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion6 hr
Jul 9, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar25 min
Jul 9, 2:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEdgar3 hr
Jul 9, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean55 min
Jul 9, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean50 min
Jul 9, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford65 min
Jul 9, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign61 min
Jul 9, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean59 min
Jul 9, 5:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMcLean6 hr
Jul 9, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign63 min
Jul 9, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPiatt41 min
Jul 9, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell65 min
Jul 9, 5:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion6 hr
Jul 9, 6:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXWoodford6 hr
Jul 9, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford59 min
Jul 9, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt55 min
Jul 9, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton66 min
Jul 9, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean62 min
Jul 9, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt56 min
Jul 9, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar62 min
Jul 9, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDouglas63 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.