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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2004, 5:36 AM CDT for Marshall County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. 15 reports 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
- May 7, 2004, 5:36 AM CDT (10:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2004, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marshall County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:42 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Henry, IL | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO UNITED SUPPLIES BUILDING...ROOF BLOWN OFF. REPORT FROM MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 5:42 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Henry, IL | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO UNITED SUPPLIES BUILDING...ROOF BLOWN OFF. REPORT FROM MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 5:42 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Henry, IL | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO UNITED SUPPLIES BUILDING...ROOF BLOWN OFF. REPORT FROM MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 5:42 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lacon, IL | TREES DOWN...FROM MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 5:42 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lacon, IL | TREES DOWN...FROM MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 5:42 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lacon, IL | TREES DOWN...FROM MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 5:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Lacon, IL | WIND ESTIMATED BY MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 5:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Lacon, IL | WIND ESTIMATED BY MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 5:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Lacon, IL | WIND ESTIMATED BY MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 5:59 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Lacon, IL | TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 5:59 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Lacon, IL | TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 5:59 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Lacon, IL | TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 6:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | La Rose, IL | TREE LIMBS DOWN...REPORTED BY MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 6:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | La Rose, IL | TREE LIMBS DOWN...REPORTED BY MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 7, 6:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | La Rose, IL | TREE LIMBS DOWN...REPORTED BY MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 071036 TORILX ILC123-071115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 536 AM CDT FRI MAY 7 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 615 AM CDT * AT 536 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 10 MILES WEST OF SPARLAND...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF LACON...MOVING EAST AT 35 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... HOPEWELL SPARLAND LACON HENRY VARNA LA ROSE TOLUCA 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 4116 8962 4099 8961 4096 8911 4108 8907 $$ EH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 67 min |
| May 7, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 56 min |
| May 7, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria | 60 min |
| May 7, 5:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Stark | 53 min |
| May 7, 6:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 55 min |
| May 7, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 65 min |
| May 7, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 60 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.