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Tornado Warning 90, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2004, 1:54 PM CDT for Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 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 22, 2004, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2004, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Piatt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Cisco, IL | ESTIMATED WIND GUST. |
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 22, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 1619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 221854
TORILX
ILC147-221945-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
154 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 154 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION OVER CISCO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING
EAST AT 30 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...
MONTICELLO
LODGE
WHITE HEATH
ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...DE LAND.
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 3992 8847 3993 8854 3993 8872 3994 8875
4009 8875 4009 8869 4013 8865 4014 8847
4014 8847
$$
BAK
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 64 min |
| Jul 22, 2:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Richland | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 57 min |
| Jul 22, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 2:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Jasper | 63 min |
| Jul 22, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 53 min |
| Jul 22, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 5 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 54 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.