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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2005, 2:41 PM CST for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2005, 2:41 PM CST (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2005, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 11:05 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 302042 TORILX ILC143-179-203-302115- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0002.050330T2041Z-050330T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 241 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS WESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 315 PM CST * AT 241 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...NEAR CREVE COEUR...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF PEKIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEORIA GERMANTOWN HILLS METAMORA CAZENOVIA OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...EAST PEORIA. 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 4066 8967 4062 8959 4083 8922 4091 8945 $$ MILLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 302101 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 259 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ILC143-179-302109- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050330T2115Z/ TAZEWELL-PEORIA- 259 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN TAZEWELL AND EASTERN PEORIA COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 256 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4078 8954 4071 8946 4084 8923 4092 8945 $$ ILC203-302115- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050330T2115Z/ WOODFORD- 259 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR WESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY... AT 256 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GERMANTOWN HILLS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF PEORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A SPOTTER REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR GERMANTOWN HILLS AT 259 PM. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... GERMANTOWN HILLS. METAMORA. CAZENOVIA. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR ONE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALL ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. 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 4078 8954 4071 8946 4084 8923 4092 8945 $$ MILLER
000 WWUS53 KILX 302107 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 307 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ILC203-302115- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050330T2115Z/ WOODFORD- 307 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR WESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY... AT 306 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR METAMORA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... METAMORA. CAZENOVIA. LOW POINT. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4080 8946 4077 8936 4086 8926 4089 8935 $$ MILLER &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 12:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 66 min |
| Mar 30, 1:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 67 min |
| Mar 30, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 4:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 56 min |
| Mar 30, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 5:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 58 min |
| Mar 30, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 5:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.