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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 5, 2004Peoria County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2004, 10:24 PM CDT for Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 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, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2004, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Peoria County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 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, 10:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Peoria, IL	3 TREES DOWN, 1 TOOK A POWER LINE DOWN. REPORTED BY PEORIA CITY ESDA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 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 060324
TORILX
ILC143-060430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1023 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1023 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER
  KICKAPOO...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF PEORIA...MOVING EAST 
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PEORIA
  WEST PEORIA
  ALTA
  MOSSVILLE

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...BELLEVUE...HANNA CITY...
NORWOOD AND SMITHVILLE.

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 4084 8979 4064 8981 4065 8963 4087 8954

$$

GOETSCH

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, 9:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton	65 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, 10:32 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.