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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 7:37 PM CDT for Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 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, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crawford County, IL, Lawrence 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 |
| May 30, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 310037
TORILX
ILC033-101-310130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
735 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 735 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
STRONG ROTATION 22 MILES WEST OF OBLONG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 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...
HELENA
CHAUNCEY
SUMNER
PETROLIA
HARDINVILLE
OBLONG
NEW HEBRON
STOY
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...BIRDS...BRIDGEPORT...FLAT
ROCK...HUTSONVILLE...LAWRENCEVILLE...PALESTINE...ROBINSON...
ANNAPOLIS...EATON...BILLETT...PINKSTAFF AND WEST YORK.
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 3916 8794 3886 8791 3860 8788 3860 8764
3888 8756 3918 8768
$$
BYRD
NNNNThe 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, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 66 min |
| May 30, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper, Richland | 62 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.