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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 11:32 PM CDT for Logan 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, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2004, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Logan County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lincoln, IL | TREE DOWN AT 7TH AND TREMONT. REPORTED BY LOGAN COUNTY ESDA |
| May 24, 11:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lincoln, IL | TREE DOWN AT 7TH AND TREMONT. REPORTED BY LOGAN COUNTY ESDA |
| May 24, 11:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lincoln, IL | TREE DOWN AT 7TH AND TREMONT. REPORTED BY LOGAN COUNTY ESDA |
| May 24, 11:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lincoln, IL | TREE DOWN AT 7TH AND TREMONT. REPORTED BY LOGAN 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 250432 TORILX ILC107-250530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1133 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 1133 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER ELKHART...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLN... 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... LINCOLN MOUNT PULASKI CHESTNUT LAWNDALE LATHAM BEASON ATLANTA ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...BROADWELL. 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. TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO SEE. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME. INSTEAD...TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. 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 4002 8957 3995 8917 4025 8915 4031 8941 $$ NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott | 53 min |
| May 24, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 59 min |
| May 24, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 54 min |
| May 24, 10:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 6 hr |
| May 24, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 53 min |
| May 24, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 58 min |
| May 24, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Scott | 42 min |
| May 24, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 60 min |
| May 24, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 41 min |
| May 24, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 56 min |
| May 24, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 53 min |
| May 24, 11:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard | 6 hr |
| May 24, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 66 min |
| May 24, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 46 min |
| May 24, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 59 min |
| May 24, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 48 min |
| May 24, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 62 min |
| May 25, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard | 56 min |
| May 25, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 41 min |
| May 25, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 55 min |
| May 25, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 6 hr |
| May 25, 12:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 32 min |
| May 25, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 60 min |
| May 25, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 59 min |
| May 25, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 65 min |
| May 25, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 25, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 49 min |
| May 25, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 47 min |
| May 25, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 56 min |
| May 25, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 65 min |
| May 25, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 57 min |
| May 25, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 66 min |
| May 25, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 62 min |
| May 25, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 57 min |
| May 25, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Jasper | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.