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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 6:16 PM CDT for Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 min. 8 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, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Coles County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Mattoon, IL | REPORTED AT WAL-MART ON EAST SIDE OF MATTOON. REPORT FROM MATTOON EOC. |
| May 30, 6:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Mattoon, IL | REPORTED AT WAL-MART ON EAST SIDE OF MATTOON. REPORT FROM MATTOON EOC. |
| May 30, 6:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Mattoon, IL | REPORTED AT WAL-MART ON EAST SIDE OF MATTOON. REPORT FROM MATTOON EOC. |
| May 30, 6:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Mattoon, IL | REPORTED AT WAL-MART ON EAST SIDE OF MATTOON. REPORT FROM MATTOON EOC. |
| May 30, 6:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mattoon, IL | TREE DOWN AT 15TH AND MARSHALL. REPORTED BY SWOP OBSERVER. |
| May 30, 6:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mattoon, IL | TREE DOWN AT 15TH AND MARSHALL. REPORTED BY SWOP OBSERVER. |
| May 30, 6:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mattoon, IL | TREE DOWN AT 15TH AND MARSHALL. REPORTED BY SWOP OBSERVER. |
| May 30, 6:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mattoon, IL | TREE DOWN AT 15TH AND MARSHALL. REPORTED BY SWOP OBSERVER. |
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 302316 TORILX ILC029-310015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 616 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 616 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LERNA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF MATTOON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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... LERNA MATTOON CHARLESTON RARDIN 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 3938 8846 3939 8821 3957 8800 3965 8822 $$ BYRD NNNN
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, 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, 5:31 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, 6:21 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.