Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 46, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 5:31 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2004, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Effingham County, IL, Logan County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 302231 TORILX ILC049-173-302330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 528 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 528 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEECHER CITY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF VANDALIA...MOVING NORTHEAST 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 ALSO...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION WAS 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALTAMONT...NEAR VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SHUMWAY CLARKSBURG HEARTVILLE WATSON STEWARDSON EFFINGHAM STRASBURG SIGEL OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...ALTAMONT...COWDEN... MASON...MOCCASIN AND TROWBRIDGE. 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 3927 8897 3893 8893 3893 8849 3944 8850 $$ BYRD NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000
WFUS53 KILX 302231 RRA
TORILX
ILC107-179-302330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
531 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 531 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN JOSE...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF
MASON CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A
TORNADO AT ANY TIME. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A
SAFE PLACE NOW
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
DELAVAN
EMDEN
HARTSBURG
ARMINGTON
HOPEDALE
ATLANTA
MINIER
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD
BE ABANDONED FOR A SAFER SHELTER.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
LAT...LON 4043 8966 4032 8961 4019 8961 4025 8917
4026 8917 4031 8930 4046 8929
$$
AUTEN
NNNNThe 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, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 61 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, 5:34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.