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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 5, 2004Fulton County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2004, 9:25 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 65 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: Jul 5, 2004, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2004, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 65 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), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 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
Jul 5, 10:26 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 S Smithfield, IL

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
Jul 5, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 1346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 060225
TORILX
ILC057-060330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
924 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 924 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES WEST
  OF AVON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  AVON
  MARIETTA
  ELLISVILLE
  SMITHFIELD
  LONDON MILLS
  FAIRVIEW
  FIATT
  CUBA

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...BANNER...CANTON...
DUNFERMLINE...NORRIS AND ST. DAVID.

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 4071 9045 4041 9045 4050 8992 4063 8989
      4063 9000 4071 9000

$$

GOETSCH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	66 min
Jul 5, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	68 min
Jul 5, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Knox	61 min
Jul 5, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	62 min
Jul 5, 10:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria	55 min
Jul 5, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria	66 min
Jul 5, 10:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Tazewell, Woodford	58 min
Jul 5, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	41 min
Jul 6, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Edgar	60 min
Jul 6, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon	62 min
Jul 6, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Moultrie, Piatt	62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.