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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2005, 7:17 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 20 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, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2005, 7:37 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | Fithian, IL |
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 270017 TORILX ILC183-270100- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0014.050727T0017Z-050727T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 717 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 717 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FITHIAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF CHAMPAIGN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FAIRMOUNT FITHIAN OAKWOOD JAMAICA CATLIN TILTON WESTVILLE GEORGETOWN OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...DANVILLE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 4016 8794 3997 8794 3997 8754 4019 8755 $$ SHIMON &
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 270030 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 730 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ILC183-270100- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050727T0100Z/ VERMILION- 730 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY... AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRMOUNT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... OAKWOOD. CATLIN. TILTON. WESTVILLE. DANVILLE. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4016 8794 3997 8794 3997 8754 4019 8755 $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS53 KILX 270037 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 737 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ILC183-270047- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050727T0100Z/ VERMILION- 737 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS NO LONGER PRODUCING A TORNADO...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 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 4016 8794 3997 8794 3997 8754 4019 8755 $$ SHIMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 22 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.