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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 5, 2004Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2004, 10:32 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 58 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, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2004, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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, 10:47 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	3 W Metamora, IL

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 060332
TORILX
ILC179-203-060430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1030 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1030 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES 
  WEST OF GERMANTOWN HILLS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  EAST PEORIA
  GROVELAND
  GERMANTOWN HILLS
  MORTON
  WASHINGTON
  METAMORA
  CAZENOVIA
  DEER CREEK

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...BENSON...EUREKA...
MACKINAW...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...PANOLA...PEKIN...ROANOKE...SECOR...
SOUTH PEKIN...TREMONT AND POWERTON.

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 4087 8897 4083 8953 4075 8952 4048 8974
      4045 8931 4062 8929 4065 8909

$$

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, 9:25 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, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria	66 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.