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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 26, 2005Tazewell County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2005, 4:28 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 21 min. 2 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: Jul 26, 2005, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2005, 4:49 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tazewell County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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 26, 4:31 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Morton, IL	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
Jul 26, 4:31 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Morton, 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 1648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 262128
TORILX
ILC179-262200-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0010.050726T2128Z-050726T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
428 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 428 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR EAST PEORIA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DEER CREEK

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...WASHINGTON.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. THE STORM MAY
NOT BE PRODUCING A TORNADO AT THE MOMENT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO DURING
THE WARNING PERIOD. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO INDOORS NOW TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM OR A BASEMENT...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4068 8961 4060 8962 4058 8933 4074 8935
      4073 8952

$$

SHIMON

&

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 262131
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
431 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

ILC179-262200-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050726T2200Z/
TAZEWELL-
431 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN TAZEWELL
COUNTY...

AT 426 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST PEORIA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PEKIN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  DEER CREEK.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4069 8956 4061 8956 4058 8933 4074 8935
      4073 8952

$$

SHIMON

&

000 
WWUS53 KILX 262149
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
449 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

ILC179-262159-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050726T2200Z/
TAZEWELL-
449 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4069 8956 4061 8956 4058 8933 4074 8935
      4073 8952

$$

SHIMON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell	35 min
Jul 26, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Woodford	31 min
Jul 26, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Tazewell	29 min
Jul 26, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	42 min
Jul 26, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon	52 min
Jul 26, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon, Piatt	50 min
Jul 26, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	45 min
Jul 26, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	40 min
Jul 26, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.