Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2005, 2:23 PM CDT for Morgan County, Illinois. It was in force for 57 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, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2005, 3:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morgan County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 121923 TORILX ILC137-122015- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0006.050412T1923Z-050412T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 223 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...5 MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JACKSONVILLE SINCLAIR PRENTICE LITERBERRY 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 3959 9020 3956 8996 3986 9005 3986 9037 $$ KH
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 121936 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 235 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ILC137-122015- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050412T2015Z/ MORGAN- 235 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR MORGAN COUNTY... AT 232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... JACKSONVILLE. LITERBERRY. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...PRENTICE AND SINCLAIR. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR ONE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALL ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3959 9020 3956 8996 3986 9005 3986 9037 $$ KH
000 WWUS53 KILX 121956 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 255 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ILC137-122015- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050412T2015Z/ MORGAN- 255 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR MORGAN COUNTY... AT 253 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... LITERBERRY. SINCLAIR. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR ONE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALL ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. 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 3959 9020 3956 8996 3986 9005 3986 9037 $$ KH
000 WWUS53 KILX 122020 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 320 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ILC137-122030- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050412T2015Z/ MORGAN- 320 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 315 PM CDT... AT 315 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3959 9020 3956 8996 3986 9005 3986 9037 $$ KH
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, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Macon | 48 min |
| Apr 12, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 64 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.