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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 26, 2005Vermilion County, Illinois

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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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, 7:25 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 58Fithian, 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.

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

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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign22 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.