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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 30, 2004Cass County, Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 4:59 PM CDT for Cass County, Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 min. 12 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 30, 2004, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cass County, IL, Mason County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 30, 5:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Havana, IL	ROAD SIGN DOWN. MOTORCYCLES BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. REPORTED BY HAVANA POLICE.
May 30, 5:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Havana, IL	ROAD SIGN DOWN. MOTORCYCLES BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. REPORTED BY HAVANA POLICE.
May 30, 5:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Havana, IL	ROAD SIGN DOWN. MOTORCYCLES BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. REPORTED BY HAVANA POLICE.
May 30, 5:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Havana, IL	ROAD SIGN DOWN. MOTORCYCLES BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. REPORTED BY HAVANA POLICE.
May 30, 5:21 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Havana, IL	REPORTED BY HAVANA POLICE.
May 30, 5:21 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Havana, IL	REPORTED BY HAVANA POLICE.
May 30, 5:21 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Havana, IL	REPORTED BY HAVANA POLICE.
May 30, 5:21 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Havana, IL	REPORTED BY HAVANA POLICE.
May 30, 5:39 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chandlerville, IL	TREES SNAPPED OFF AT THE BASE.
May 30, 5:39 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chandlerville, IL	TREES SNAPPED OFF AT THE BASE.
May 30, 5:39 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chandlerville, IL	TREES SNAPPED OFF AT THE BASE.
May 30, 5:39 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chandlerville, IL	TREES SNAPPED OFF AT THE BASE.

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 30, 1:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 1629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 8.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 302159
TORILX
ILC017-125-302300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
457 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER BATH...OR
  ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAVANA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
  IN ADDITION...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE 
  DEVELOPING TORNADOES EXTENDED FROM NEAR RAY TO 4 SOUTHWEST OF 
  BEARDSTOWN. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HAVANA
  POPLAR CITY
  TOPEKA
  FOREST CITY
  BEARDSTOWN
  CHANDLERVILLE

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...CHANDLERVILLE...
KILBOURNE...VIRGINIA...SNICARTE AND BLUFF SPRINGS.

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 3997 9049 3991 9024 4035 8976 4040 8994

$$

GOETSCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell	39 min
May 30, 9:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Stark	44 min
May 30, 9:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Knox, Stark	6 hr
May 30, 9:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	48 min
May 30, 9:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell	6 hr
May 30, 9:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Tazewell, Woodford	59 min
May 30, 9:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Marshall, Woodford	6 hr
May 30, 10:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	McLean	6 hr
May 30, 11:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	39 min
May 30, 11:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Macon	50 min
May 30, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	60 min
May 30, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Schuyler	66 min
May 30, 4:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Knox	6 hr
May 30, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Stark	62 min
May 30, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria, Stark	61 min
May 30, 4:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	6 hr
May 30, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Tazewell, Woodford	54 min
May 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Peoria, Stark	6 hr
May 30, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	62 min
May 30, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Menard	56 min
May 30, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Shelby	54 min
May 30, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall	65 min
May 30, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Woodford	56 min
May 30, 5:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Marshall, Woodford	6 hr
May 30, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	65 min
May 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Tazewell	6 hr
May 30, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Effingham, Logan, Shelby, Tazewell	59 min
May 30, 5:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Effingham, Shelby	6 hr
May 30, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas, Edgar	65 min
May 30, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan, Tazewell	46 min
May 30, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	51 min
May 30, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	57 min
May 30, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar	66 min
May 30, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt	63 min
May 30, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles	59 min
May 30, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	69 min
May 30, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper	66 min
May 30, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark	54 min
May 30, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Piatt	56 min
May 30, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.