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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2004, 6:43 PM CDT for Morgan County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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
- May 23, 2004, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morgan County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 232343
TORILX
ILC137-240015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
643 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 643 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE...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...
WAVERLY
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 3966 9014 3953 9013 3953 8994 3958 8995
3966 8997
$$
AUTEN
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 38 min |
| May 23, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 40 min |
| May 23, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 62 min |
| May 23, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 40 min |
| May 23, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 41 min |
| May 23, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Scott | 54 min |
| May 23, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 63 min |
| May 23, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 57 min |
| May 23, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 67 min |
| May 23, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 67 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.