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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 26, 2005Champaign County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2005, 7:05 PM CDT for Champaign County, Illinois. It was in force for 22 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 26, 2005, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2005, 7:27 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Champaign County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 26, 7:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGChampaign, ILTREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS CHAMPAIGN AND URBANA.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 26, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 110 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2005-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 270005
TORILX
ILC019-270030-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0013.050727T0005Z-050727T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 705 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR URBANA...OR
  ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SIDNEY
  ST. JOSEPH
  OGDEN
  ROYAL
  HOMER

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 4018 8830 4000 8826 4001 8795 4024 8796

$$

SHIMON

&
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KILX 270013
SVSILX

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

ILC019-270030-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050727T0030Z/
CHAMPAIGN-
713 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN
COUNTY...

AT 708 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. JOSEPH...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF 
CHAMPAIGN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
DESTRUCTION. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ACT QUICKLY YOUR LIFE MAY 
DEPEND ON IT.

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 4018 8830 4000 8826 4001 8795 4024 8796

$$

SHIMON

&
000 
WWUS53 KILX 270027
SVSILX

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

ILC019-270036-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050727T0030Z/
CHAMPAIGN-
726 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 725 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.

THIS STORM PRODUCED A CONFIRMED TORNADO IN EASTERN URBANA AND AREAS 
TO THE EAST. DAMAGE INFORMATION IS NOT CONFIRMED AT THIS TIME.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER.

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 4018 8830 4000 8826 4001 8795 4024 8796

$$

SHIMON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion20 min
Jul 26, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby39 min
Jul 26, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar50 min
Jul 26, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland45 min
Jul 26, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham, Jasper56 min
Jul 26, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark43 min
Jul 26, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay39 min
Jul 26, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford, Lawrence, Richland48 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.