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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 15, 2005Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 4:05 PM CST for Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 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, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 4:33 PM CST
In force: 28 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), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 152205
TORILX
ILC101-152245-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0022.051115T2205Z-051115T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 405 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...10 MILES
  SOUTH OF HELENA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT CARMEL...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HELENA
  BRIDGEPORT
  SUMNER
  BILLETT
  LAWRENCEVILLE
  PETROLIA
  PINKSTAFF
  BIRDS

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 3858 8792 3858 8779 3858 8766 3875 8755
      3885 8754 3885 8772 3871 8791

$$

BARKER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 152220
SVSILX

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

ILC101-152245-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-051115T2245Z/
LAWRENCE-
420 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR LAWRENCE
COUNTY...

AT 415 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BILLETT...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  BIRDS.

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 3858 8792 3858 8779 3858 8766 3875 8755
      3885 8754 3885 8772 3871 8791

$$

000 
WWUS53 KILX 152233
SVSILX

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

ILC101-152243-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-051115T2245Z/
LAWRENCE-
433 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 428 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 3858 8792 3858 8779 3858 8766 3875 8755
      3885 8754 3885 8772 3871 8791

$$

BARKER

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, 3:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Jasper	23 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.