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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 30, 2004Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 7:24 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 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, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Vermilion County, IL

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, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 310024
TORILX
ILC183-310130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION OVER ARMSTRONG...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAXTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
  ROSSVILLE
  HENNING
  HOOPESTON
  ALVIN
  BISMARCK

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...POTOMAC...RANKIN AND
COLLISON.

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 4047 8793 4021 8794 4025 8756 4047 8756

$$

AUTEN

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay	52 min
May 30, 7:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Richland	6 hr
May 30, 7:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Jasper, Lawrence	6 hr
May 30, 7:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	6 hr
May 30, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Jasper, Richland	62 min
May 30, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	53 min
May 30, 11:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Effingham	4 hr
May 31, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	60 min
May 31, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	52 min
May 31, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	61 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.