Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 93, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 2003, 8:05 PM CDT for Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 3, 2003, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mason County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 657 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
286 WFUS53 KILX 040105 TORILX ILC125-040145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 804 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 804 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER MASON CITY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY... MOVING SOUTHEAST 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 SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE EASTON MASON CITY 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 4030 8976 4017 8992 4014 8961 4029 8960 $$ EH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 68 min |
| Aug 3, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 58 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.