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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 1:39 PM CST for Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 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
- Nov 15, 2005, 1:39 PM CST (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 2:23 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lawrence County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 10:13 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 151941 TORILX ILC101-152030- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0020.051115T1939Z-051115T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 139 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 230 PM CST * AT 139 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HELENA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT CARMEL... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. ADDITIONAL CELLS ARE DEVELOPING FURTHER SOUTH CLOSE TO I-64...AND WILL ALSO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BILLETT LAWRENCEVILLE RUSSELLVILLE OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ST. FRANCISVILLE AND BRIDGEPORT. 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 3860 8792 3846 8777 3922 8659 3942 8682 $$ BARNES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 152002 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 202 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ILC101-152030- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-051115T2030Z/ LAWRENCE- 202 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY... AT 157 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. FRANCISVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... RUSSELLVILLE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY...AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3860 8792 3846 8777 3922 8659 3942 8682 $$ BARNES
000 WWUS53 KILX 152023 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 223 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ILC101-152033- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-051115T2030Z/ LAWRENCE- 223 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 219 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. 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 3860 8792 3846 8777 3922 8659 3942 8682 $$ 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, 1:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.