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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 10, 2004Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2004, 3:57 PM CDT for Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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: Jun 10, 2004, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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
Jun 10, 4:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jamaica, IL	NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

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
Jun 10, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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: 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.

109 
WFUS53 KILX 102057
TORILX
ILC019-183-102200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 356 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION OVER PHILO...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 SOUTHEAST CHAMPAIGN AND SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTIES
  WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 5 PM. 

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ALLERTON
  HOMER
  FAIRMOUNT
  JAMAICA
  INDIANOLA
  OAKWOOD
  CATLIN
  GEORGETOWN

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...BROADLANDS...DANVILLE...
SIDNEY...TILTON AND WESTVILLE.

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 4001 8819 3990 8819 3991 8755 4016 8755

$$

KH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 2:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton	41 min
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, 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.