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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 9, 2003Fulton County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2003, 9:54 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 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, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fulton County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 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, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2003-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1258 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2003-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1258 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 100254
TORILX
ILC057-100400-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 953 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES WEST
  OF MARIETTA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MARIETTA
  BERNADOTTE
  IPAVA
  SMITHFIELD
  CUBA
  LEWISTOWN
  FIATT
  DUNCAN MILLS

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...BANNER...BRYANT...CANTON...
DUNFERMLINE...LIVERPOOL...ST. DAVID AND LITTLE AMERICA.

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 4057 9046 4038 9045 4030 9011 4052 8990
          4059 8991

$$

GOETSCH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion43 min
Jul 9, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell56 min
Jul 9, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell48 min
Jul 9, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason62 min
Jul 9, 7:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEdgar6 hr
Jul 9, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria66 min
Jul 9, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMason6 hr
Jul 9, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt60 min
Jul 9, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason60 min
Jul 9, 8:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXPiatt6 hr
Jul 9, 8:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt, Logan5 hr
Jul 9, 9:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell6 hr
Jul 9, 9:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox6 hr
Jul 9, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDouglas6 hr
Jul 9, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler50 min
Jul 9, 10:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCumberland6 hr
Jul 9, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, McLean, Vermilion, Woodford7 hr
Jul 10, 1:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Mason, Piatt5 hr
Jul 10, 1:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEdgar4 hr

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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.