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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 30, 2004Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 5:19 PM CDT for Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 56 min. 11 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, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 5:27 PM CDTTORNADO2 Ne Secor, ILINCREASING IN SIZE, BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
May 30, 5:27 PM CDTTORNADO2 Ne Secor, ILINCREASING IN SIZE, BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
May 30, 5:27 PM CDTTORNADO2 Ne Secor, ILINCREASING IN SIZE, BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
May 30, 5:27 PM CDTTORNADO2 Ne Secor, ILINCREASING IN SIZE, BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
May 30, 6:00 PM CDTHAIL 2Roanoke, ILREPORTED BY ESDA.
May 30, 6:05 PM CDTTORNADO2 W El Paso, ILON THE GROUND BETWEEN EL PASO AND SECOR. DEBRIS REPORTED. FROM SWOP OBSERVER.
May 30, 6:05 PM CDTTORNADO2 W El Paso, ILON THE GROUND BETWEEN EL PASO AND SECOR. DEBRIS REPORTED. FROM SWOP OBSERVER.
May 30, 6:05 PM CDTTORNADO2 W El Paso, ILON THE GROUND BETWEEN EL PASO AND SECOR. DEBRIS REPORTED. FROM SWOP OBSERVER.
May 30, 6:05 PM CDTTORNADO2 W El Paso, ILON THE GROUND BETWEEN EL PASO AND SECOR. DEBRIS REPORTED. FROM SWOP OBSERVER.
May 30, 6:05 PM CDTTORNADO2 W Secor, ILBARN DESTROYED AT INTERSECTION OF US-24 AND COUNTY ROAD 1850E.
May 30, 6:05 PM CDTTORNADO2 W Secor, ILBARN DESTROYED AT INTERSECTION OF US-24 AND COUNTY ROAD 1850E.

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 30, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1629 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 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 302219
TORILX
ILC203-302315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 519 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF 
  SECOR...OR ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BENSON
  EL PASO
  PANOLA
  MINONK

ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...ROANOKE.

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

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 4080 8932 4071 8919 4073 8900 4076 8899
          4077 8894 4093 8895 4092 8915

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Peoria, Tazewell39 min
May 30, 9:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStark44 min
May 30, 9:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXKnox, Stark6 hr
May 30, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell, Woodford48 min
May 30, 9:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell6 hr
May 30, 9:46 AM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell, Woodford59 min
May 30, 9:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMarshall, Woodford6 hr
May 30, 10:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMcLean6 hr
May 30, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, McLean39 min
May 30, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Macon50 min
May 30, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Knox60 min
May 30, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSchuyler66 min
May 30, 4:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXKnox6 hr
May 30, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Stark62 min
May 30, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria, Stark61 min
May 30, 4:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Schuyler6 hr
May 30, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell, Woodford54 min
May 30, 4:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXPeoria, Stark6 hr
May 30, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Knox62 min
May 30, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard56 min
May 30, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCass, Mason61 min
May 30, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby54 min
May 30, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall65 min
May 30, 5:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMarshall, Woodford6 hr
May 30, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper65 min
May 30, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXTazewell6 hr
May 30, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEffingham, Logan, Shelby, Tazewell59 min
May 30, 5:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEffingham, Shelby6 hr
May 30, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDouglas, Edgar65 min
May 30, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Tazewell46 min
May 30, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Macon, Piatt51 min
May 30, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean57 min
May 30, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEdgar66 min
May 30, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt63 min
May 30, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes59 min
May 30, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign69 min
May 30, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCumberland, Effingham, Jasper66 min
May 30, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark54 min
May 30, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt56 min
May 30, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Piatt63 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.