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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 27, 2004Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 5:18 PM CDT for Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 57 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 27, 2004, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 5:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHeartville, ILTREES DOWN AND TREE TOPS TORN OFF.
May 27, 5:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHeartville, ILTREES DOWN AND TREE TOPS TORN OFF.
May 27, 5:29 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGEffingham, ILTREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY EFFINGHAM COUNTY ESDA.
May 27, 5:29 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGEffingham, ILTREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY EFFINGHAM 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 27, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 577 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 272218
TORILX
ILC049-079-272315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
518 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 518 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES WEST
  OF ELLIOTSTOWN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF EFFINGHAM...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DIETERICH
  TEUTOPOLIS
  LATONA
  WHEELER
  MONTROSE
  GILA
  NEWTON
  HIDALGO

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...ROSE HILL...WILLOW HILL AND
YALE.

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 3916 8856 3892 8854 3895 8798 3916 8799
          3917 8835

$$

AUTEN

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClay, Lawrence, Richland6 hr
May 26, 11:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCrawford, Effingham, Jasper4 hr
May 27, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence46 min
May 27, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby46 min
May 27, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford52 min
May 27, 3:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXJasper4 hr
May 27, 4:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCrawford, Effingham, Jasper6 hr
May 27, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham, Jasper58 min
May 27, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford24 min
May 27, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Shelby57 min
May 27, 5:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark, Cumberland, Shelby6 hr
May 27, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford53 min
May 27, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Richland53 min
May 27, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence59 min
May 27, 5:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXColes6 hr
May 27, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClay, Lawrence, Richland58 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.