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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 8, 2005Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2005, 1:57 PM CDT for Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 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: Jun 8, 2005, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2005, 2:27 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Knox County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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
Jun 8, 12:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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: 546 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 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 081857
TORILX
ILC095-081945-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0008.050608T1857Z-050608T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
157 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...2 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HENDERSON...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF GALESBURG...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED NORTHWEST 
  OF GALESBURG.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GALESBURG
  HENDERSON
  RIO
  KNOXVILLE
  WATAGA
  GILSON
  ONEIDA
  ALTONA

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 4111 9043 4086 9043 4082 9015 4112 9016

$$

GOETSCH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KILX 081927
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
227 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

ILC095-081937-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050608T1945Z/
KNOX-
227 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN KNOX COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 226 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 9 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 4111 9043 4086 9043 4082 9015 4112 9016

$$

MILLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	66 min
Jun 8, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	66 min
Jun 8, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	56 min
Jun 8, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark	55 min
Jun 8, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	66 min
Jun 8, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	50 min
Jun 8, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Menard, Sangamon	56 min
Jun 8, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	61 min
Jun 8, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Jasper	63 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.