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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 30, 2005Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2005, 3:41 PM CST for 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, 3:41 PM CST (21:41 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2005, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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, 12:55 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 302141
TORILX
ILC203-302215-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0004.050330T2141Z-050330T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
341 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 341 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF GERMANTOWN HILLS...OR ABOUT 6
  MILES EAST OF PEORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  METAMORA
  CAZENOVIA
  LOW POINT
  WASHBURN
  MINONK

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 4076 8934 4075 8955 4078 8956 4081 8956
      4085 8953 4088 8949 4090 8949 4093 8946
      4093 8898

$$

BAK

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KILX 302200
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
400 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

ILC203-302210-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050330T2215Z/
WOODFORD-
400 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 356 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 800 PM. 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 4076 8934 4075 8955 4078 8956 4081 8956
      4085 8953 4088 8949 4090 8949 4093 8946
      4093 8898

$$

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, 2:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	34 min
Mar 30, 3:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall, Woodford	31 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.