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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Champaign, IL | TREE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 20 min |
| Jul 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Jasper | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 48 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.