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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 15, 2005Clark County, Crawford County, Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 3:37 PM CST for Clark County, Crawford County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 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, 3:37 PM CST (21:37 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 4:00 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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.

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 152136
TORILX
ILC023-033-079-152200-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0021.051115T2137Z-051115T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 337 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...4 MILES WEST
  OF YALE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ORANGE
  ANNAPOLIS
  MARTINSVILLE
  MARSHALL
  WEST UNION
  DENNISON

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BELLAIR.

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 3917 8815 3917 8801 3918 8800 3928 8800
      3947 8758 3934 8760 3931 8763 3921 8761
      3912 8785 3906 8806

$$

BARNES

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 152155
SVSILX

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

ILC033-079-152205-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051115T2200Z/
JASPER-CRAWFORD-
355 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JASPER AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 350 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 3935 8760 3932 8763 3921 8761 3918 8770
      3918 8799 3928 8798 3930 8796 3931 8791
      3947 8758

$$

ILC023-152200-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051115T2200Z/
CLARK-
355 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR CLARK
COUNTY...

AT 350 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARTINSVILLE...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  MARSHALL.
  DENNISON.

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 3935 8760 3932 8763 3921 8761 3918 8770
      3918 8799 3928 8798 3930 8796 3931 8791
      3947 8758

$$

BARNES

000 
WWUS53 KILX 152203
SVSILX

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

ILC023-152213-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051115T2200Z/
CLARK-
403 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLARK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400 PM CST...

AT 401 PM CST...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 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 3935 8760 3932 8763 3921 8761 3918 8770
      3918 8799 3928 8798 3930 8796 3931 8791
      3947 8758

$$

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, 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.