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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2005, 5:42 PM CDT for Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Morgan County, IL, Scott County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Griggsville, IL | SEVERAL LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN AND BLOCKING ROAD 2 MILES NORTH OF TOWN. |
| Sep 19, 5:48 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Wsw Versailles, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 192242 TORILX ILC137-171-192330- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0017.050919T2242Z-050919T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 542 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...8 MILES WEST OF NAPLES...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF PITTSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NAPLES MEREDOSIA OXVILLE BLUFFS EXETER RIGGSTON CHAPIN MERRITT OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CONCORD AND LYNNVILLE. 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 3988 9085 3970 9087 3965 9028 3988 9026 $$ BARNES
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 192255 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 555 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ILC137-171-192330- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050919T2330Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN- 555 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES... AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NAPLES...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... CHAPIN. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...EXETER...RIGGSTON...MERRITT... LYNNVILLE AND CONCORD. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3988 9085 3970 9087 3965 9028 3988 9026 $$ BARNES
000 WWUS53 KILX 192317 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 617 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ILC137-171-192330- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050919T2330Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN- 617 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES... AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LYNNVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 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 3988 9085 3970 9087 3965 9028 3988 9026 $$ BARNES
000 WWUS53 KILX 192330 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 630 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ILC137-171-192340- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050919T2330Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN- 630 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT... AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT. REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3988 9085 3970 9087 3965 9028 3988 9026 $$ BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 44 min |
| Sep 19, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 51 min |
| Sep 19, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 64 min |
| Sep 19, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Tazewell | 55 min |
| Sep 19, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria | 43 min |
| Sep 19, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Macon | 60 min |
| Sep 19, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Edgar | 60 min |
| Sep 19, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 58 min |
| Sep 19, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 58 min |
| Sep 19, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 50 min |
| Sep 19, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 61 min |
| Sep 19, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 46 min |
| Sep 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 29 min |
| Sep 19, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 26 min |
| Sep 19, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 55 min |
| Sep 19, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 59 min |
| Sep 19, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 66 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.