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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2005, 2:16 PM CDT for Logan County, Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 12, 2005, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2005, 3:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -222 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 121917 TORILX ILC107-115-122000- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0005.050412T1916Z-050412T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 216 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS WESTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...5 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISTOWN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DECATUR... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARRISTOWN LATHAM 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. FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM MAY TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE FUNNEL TO TOUCH DOWN BEFORE TAKING SHELTER. 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 3974 8913 3978 8902 4002 8916 4000 8924 $$ MILLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 121935 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 232 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ILC107-115-122000- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050412T2000Z/ MACON-LOGAN- 232 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR WESTERN MACON AND SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES... BETWEEN 210 PM AND 215 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR THE TOWN OF MACON IN SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY. THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE FUNNEL CLOUDS WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF LATHAM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF DECATUR...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... NIANTIC. LATHAM. FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE FUNNEL TO TOUCH DOWN BEFORE TAKING SHELTER. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3979 8912 3979 8909 3998 8910 3995 8923 $$ MILLER &
000 WWUS53 KILX 122004 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 247 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ILC107-115-121957- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050412T2000Z/ MACON-LOGAN- 247 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN MACON AND SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 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 3979 8912 3979 8909 3998 8910 3995 8923 $$ MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 116 min |
| Apr 12, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 56 min |
| Apr 12, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 53 min |
| Apr 12, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, Clay, Effingham, Logan, Macon, Mason and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 64 min |
| Apr 12, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 57 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.