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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 23, 2004Moultrie County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT for Moultrie County, Illinois. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Moultrie County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 23, 7:49 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Sullivan, IL	SHERIFF REPORT.
May 23, 7:49 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Sullivan, IL	SHERIFF REPORT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 240030
TORILX
ILC139-240130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 730 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BETHANY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF
  SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  SULLIVAN
  KIRKSVILLE
  LOVINGTON
  ALLENVILLE
  CADWELL
  ARTHUR

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 3948 8859 3953 8867 3953 8872 3958 8872
          3959 8879 3973 8880 3974 8848 3948 8848

$$

BARKER

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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, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Shelby	56 min
May 23, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Sangamon	32 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

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.