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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 24, 2004Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 11:02 PM CDT for Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 58 min. 4 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 24, 2004, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2004, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mason County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 11:45 PM CDTTORNADOManito, ILIRRIGATION SYSTEM DOWN. REPORTED BY MASON COUNTY ESDA.
May 24, 11:45 PM CDTTORNADOManito, ILIRRIGATION SYSTEM DOWN. REPORTED BY MASON COUNTY ESDA.
May 24, 11:45 PM CDTTORNADOManito, ILIRRIGATION SYSTEM DOWN. REPORTED BY MASON COUNTY ESDA.
May 24, 11:45 PM CDTTORNADOManito, ILIRRIGATION SYSTEM DOWN. REPORTED BY MASON COUNTY ESDA.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 150 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 250402
TORILX
ILC125-250500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1102 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1102 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION OVER SNICARTE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAVANA...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
  POPLAR CITY
  KILBOURNE
  EASTON
  MASON CITY

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...BATH...FOREST CITY...
HAVANA...MANITO...TOPEKA...UNION AND CHATAUQUA PARK.

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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE TORNADO IS LIKELY OBSCURED BY RAIN
AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...GO TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR
CAR OR MOBILE HOME.

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 4024 9012 4038 9003 4043 8973 4032 8973
          4032 8961 4018 8961 4014 8975 4014 8995
          4007 9014 4006 9028 4011 9031

$$

EH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott53 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton59 min
May 24, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan54 min
May 24, 10:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSchuyler6 hr
May 24, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard53 min
May 24, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXScott42 min
May 24, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan60 min
May 24, 11:32 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan58 min
May 24, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton41 min
May 24, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon56 min
May 24, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt53 min
May 24, 11:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass, Logan, Mason, Menard6 hr
May 24, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell66 min
May 24, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard46 min
May 24, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean59 min
May 24, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon48 min
May 24, 11:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell62 min
May 25, 12:04 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMenard56 min
May 25, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian41 min
May 25, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon55 min
May 25, 12:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt6 hr
May 25, 12:28 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian32 min
May 25, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan60 min
May 25, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt59 min
May 25, 12:40 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon65 min
May 25, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby41 min
May 25, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland49 min
May 25, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt47 min
May 25, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign56 min
May 25, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas65 min
May 25, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland57 min
May 25, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion66 min
May 25, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar62 min
May 25, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland57 min
May 25, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Jasper46 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.