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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 19, 2005Tazewell County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2005, 3:40 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 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
Sep 19, 2005, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
50 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), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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
Sep 19, 3:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHopedale, ILTREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS TOWN.

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
Sep 19, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 12:00Z on 2005-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 357 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 12:00Z on 2005-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 433 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
433 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
545 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 192040
TORILX
ILC179-192130-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0016.050919T2040Z-050919T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
340 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...NEAR GREEN
  VALLEY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF PEKIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DELAVAN
  HOPEDALE
  MINIER

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...DILLON.

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 4052 8966 4033 8970 4034 8931 4043 8930

$$

BARNES
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KILX 192059
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
359 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

ILC179-192130-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050919T2130Z/
TAZEWELL-
359 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
TAZEWELL COUNTY...

AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH 
OF HOPEDALE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF LINCOLN...MOVING SOUTHEAST 
AT 25 MPH.

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 4052 8966 4033 8970 4034 8931 4043 8930

$$

BARNES
000 
WWUS53 KILX 192129
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
429 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

ILC179-192139-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050919T2130Z/
TAZEWELL-
429 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY EXPIRES AT
430 PM CDT...

AT 424 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT. 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 4052 8966 4033 8970 4034 8931 4043 8930

$$

BARNES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler44 min
Sep 19, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass51 min
Sep 19, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox64 min
Sep 19, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Tazewell55 min
Sep 19, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox, Peoria43 min
Sep 19, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Macon60 min
Sep 19, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDouglas, Edgar60 min
Sep 19, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton58 min
Sep 19, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell58 min
Sep 19, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean, Woodford61 min
Sep 19, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan46 min
Sep 19, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, McLean29 min
Sep 19, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon26 min
Sep 19, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion55 min
Sep 19, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler59 min
Sep 19, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Scott48 min
Sep 19, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard, Sangamon66 min

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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.