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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 10, 2004Fulton County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2004, 2:34 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 10, 2004, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2004, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fulton County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2004-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 200 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

540 
WFUS53 KILX 101934
TORILX
ILC057-102015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
233 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 233 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION OVER IPAVA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEWISTOWN...
  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...
  BERNADOTTE
  DUNCAN MILLS
  LEWISTOWN
  CUBA
  BRYANT
  ST. DAVID
  LITTLE AMERICA
  DUNFERMLINE

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...BANNER...CANTON AND NORRIS.

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 4035 9043 4025 9032 4050 8989 4069 9003

$$

PLAHMER

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion61 min
Jun 10, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton48 min
Jun 10, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria55 min
Jun 10, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion63 min
Jun 10, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean58 min
Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell46 min
Jun 10, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford58 min
Jun 10, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Woodford65 min
Jun 10, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan60 min
Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell55 min
Jun 10, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt64 min
Jun 10, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean61 min

Nearby

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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.