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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2004, 8:01 PM CDT for Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min. 8 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, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Coles County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Charleston, IL | COLES COUNTY EOC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CHARLESTON. |
| May 23, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Charleston, IL | COLES COUNTY EOC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CHARLESTON. |
| May 23, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Charleston, IL | COLES COUNTY EOC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT ROUTE 130 ON NE SIDE OF CHARLESTON. |
| May 23, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Charleston, IL | COLES COUNTY EOC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT ROUTE 130 ON NE SIDE OF CHARLESTON. |
| May 23, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Charleston, IL | COLES COUNTY EOC REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT ROUTE 16 AND 1420 E. |
| May 23, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Charleston, IL | COLES COUNTY EOC REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT ROUTE 16 AND 1420 E. |
| May 23, 8:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 N Charleston, IL | FROM COLES EOC |
| May 23, 8:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 N Charleston, IL | FROM COLES EOC |
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 240101
TORILX
ILC029-240145-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
801 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 801 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION OVER COOKS MILL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MATTOON...
MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
HUMBOLDT
CHARLESTON
RARDIN
ASHMORE
ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...MATTOON.
A DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED TORNADO MEANS THAT THERE IS STRONG ROTATION
WITHIN THE STORM. THE STORM MAY NOT BE PRODUCING A TORNADO AT THE
MOMENT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. FOR YOUR
SAFETY...GO INDOORS NOW TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 3963 8846 3963 8819 3964 8800 3944 8805
3944 8846
$$
BARKERThe 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, 7:30 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, 8:13 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.