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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 23, 2004Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2004, 7:19 PM CDT for Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 56 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, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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: 2833 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.9
Supercell composite: 13.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 240019
TORILX
ILC173-240115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
719 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 719 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOWEAQUA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
  FINDLAY

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 3945 8883 3947 8885 3947 8903 3965 8903
          3965 8882 3958 8882 3957 8873 3952 8870
          3948 8862 3943 8855

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon	55 min
May 23, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Sangamon	32 min
May 23, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Moultrie	60 min
May 23, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Woodford	66 min
May 23, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian	66 min
May 23, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell	59 min
May 23, 7:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell	54 min
May 23, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas	53 min
May 23, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles	44 min
May 23, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	62 min
May 23, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	57 min
May 23, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	52 min
May 23, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark	57 min
May 23, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian	60 min
May 23, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles	59 min
May 23, 9:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian	6 hr

Nearby

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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.