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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
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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.
- 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
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 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.