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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 13, 2004McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2004, 2:15 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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
Jul 13, 2004, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2004, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McLean County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 13, 10:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1440 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 131915
TORILX
ILC113-132000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
215 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 214 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION 9 MILES NORTH OF GRIDLEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF
  PONTIAC...MOVING SOUTH AT 40 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...
  GRIDLEY
  CHENOA
  LEXINGTON
  PLEASANT HILL
  COOKSVILLE
  COLFAX
  ANCHOR
  HOLDER

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...ARROWSMITH...BELLFLOWER...
DOWNS...ELLSWORTH...LE ROY AND SAYBROOK.

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.

FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM MAY TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME. DO NOT WAIT
FOR THE FUNNEL CLOUD TO TOUCH DOWN.

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 4098 8874 4089 8895 4032 8887 4032 8849
      4060 8849 4062 8858 4075 8859

$$

BARKER

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall64 min
Jul 13, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford61 min
Jul 13, 2:34 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford41 min
Jul 13, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean49 min
Jul 13, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean47 min
Jul 13, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion39 min
Jul 13, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford44 min
Jul 13, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion52 min
Jul 13, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean49 min
Jul 13, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Piatt46 min
Jul 13, 4:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMcLean3 hr
Jul 13, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar53 min
Jul 13, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign67 min
Jul 13, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign41 min
Jul 13, 4:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign3 hr
Jul 13, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDouglas40 min
Jul 13, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt33 min
Jul 13, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar60 min
Jul 13, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes42 min
Jul 13, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon54 min
Jul 13, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt51 min
Jul 13, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt62 min
Jul 13, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark52 min
Jul 13, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie61 min
Jul 13, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMoultrie47 min
Jul 13, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland55 min
Jul 13, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland53 min
Jul 13, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford, Lawrence64 min
Jul 13, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford, Lawrence63 min
Jul 13, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXJasper54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.