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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 15, 2005Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 1:16 PM CST for Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 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: Nov 15, 2005, 1:16 PM CST (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 2:00 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crawford County, IL, Lawrence County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 15, 1:35 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Chauncey, IL	REPORTED BY LAWRENCE COUNTY ESDA.
Nov 15, 1:45 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 E New Hebron, IL	REPORTED BY CRAWFORD COUNTY ESDA.

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
Nov 15, 10:13 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 151916
TORILX
ILC033-101-152000-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0019.051115T1916Z-051115T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
116 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 116 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SUMNER...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF OLNEY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARDINVILLE
  BIRDS
  PINKSTAFF
  FLAT ROCK
  NEW HEBRON
  ROBINSON
  PALESTINE

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CHAUNCEY AND PETROLIA.

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 3885 8791 3886 8795 3909 8764 3906 8759
      3899 8759 3896 8754 3891 8754 3887 8757
      3885 8754 3876 8765 3865 8791

$$

BARNES

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 151944
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
144 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

ILC033-101-152000-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-051115T2000Z/
LAWRENCE-CRAWFORD-
144 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
LAWRENCE AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...

AT 141 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FLAT ROCK...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROBINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY...AND ALWAYS 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 3885 8791 3886 8795 3909 8764 3906 8759
      3899 8759 3896 8754 3891 8754 3887 8757
      3885 8754 3876 8765 3865 8791

$$

BARNES

000 
WWUS53 KILX 151959
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
159 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

ILC033-101-152009-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-051115T2000Z/
LAWRENCE-CRAWFORD-
159 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 200 PM CST...

AT 157 PM CST...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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST. 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 3885 8791 3886 8795 3909 8764 3906 8759
      3899 8759 3896 8754 3891 8754 3887 8757
      3885 8754 3876 8765 3865 8791

$$

BARNES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 12:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Richland	34 min
Nov 15, 1:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Lawrence	44 min
Nov 15, 2:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	40 min
Nov 15, 3:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Jasper	46 min
Nov 15, 3:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Jasper	23 min
Nov 15, 4:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Lawrence	28 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.