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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2004, 2:21 PM CDT for Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 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, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2004, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Douglas County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tuscola, IL | A 10 INCH TREE LIMB DOWN IN TUSCOLA...REPORTED BY ROBERT REESE FROM WCIA. |
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 221921
TORILX
ILC041-222000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
220 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 220 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION OVER GARRETT...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF TUSCOLA...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...
BOURBON
TUSCOLA
CAMARGO
VILLA GROVE
MURDOCK
HINDSBORO
ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...NEWMAN.
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 3979 8797 3969 8798 3969 8805 3966 8806
3966 8812 3973 8845 3975 8847 3988 8846
3988 8795 3980 8795
$$
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, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Piatt | 51 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, 2:28 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.