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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2006, 2:34 PM CST for Fulton County, McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 207 days. 14 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2006, 2:34 PM CST (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 207 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fulton County, IL, McLean County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Marietta, IL | POWER LINES DOWN. |
| May 24, 3:10 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 1 E Bryant, IL | RELAYED VIA NSSL. |
| May 24, 3:10 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 1 W St. David, IL | 2.5 INCH TO 3 INCH HAIL...DURATION OF HAIL...5 MINUTES |
| May 24, 3:11 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 1 N Dunfermline, IL | RELAYED VIA NSSL. |
| May 24, 3:14 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | St. David, IL | REPORT FROM TRAINED SPOTTER |
| May 24, 3:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Bryant, IL | RELAYED VIA NSSL. |
| May 24, 3:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | St. David, IL | QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN ST DAVID |
| May 24, 3:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dunfermline, IL | SIX 1 TO 3 FOOT DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED. |
| May 24, 3:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Marietta, IL | |
| Jul 19, 3:53 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Ne Smithfield, IL | RELAYED FROM WFO DVN. |
| Jul 19, 4:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Marietta, IL | TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Sep 11, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Marietta, IL | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN REPORTED BY COOP WEATHER OBSERVER |
| Sep 11, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bernadotte, IL | LARGE TREE BLOWN OVER. |
| Sep 11, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Smithfield, IL | 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR ROUTE 95 IN SMITHFIELD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 1:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 553 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 734 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 162036 TORILX ILC113-162100- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0001.060216T2034Z-060216T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 234 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 300 PM CST * AT 234 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...7 MILES SOUTH OF GRIDLEY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHENOA... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 4069 8904 4056 8889 4132 8756 4153 8779 $$ BARKER
3 follow-up statements
000 WFUS53 KILX 162040 CCA TORILX ILC113-162100- /O.COR.KILX.TO.W.0001.060216T2034Z-060216T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 234 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 300 PM CST * AT 234 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...3 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF FAIRBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHENOA... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...GRIDLEY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. THE STORM MAY NOT BE PRODUCING A TORNADO AT THE MOMENT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO INDOORS NOW TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR A BASEMENT...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4069 8904 4056 8889 4075 8859 4076 8885 $$
000 WWUS53 KILX 162047 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 247 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ILC113-162057- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060216T2100Z/ MCLEAN- 247 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 243 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 8 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 4069 8904 4056 8889 4075 8859 4076 8885 $$ BARKER
000 WFUS53 KILX 112243 TORILX ILC057-112330- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0001.060911T2243Z-060911T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 543 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT. * AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...10 MILES WEST OF CUBA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF LEWISTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CUBA... ST. DAVID... CANTON... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4050 9041 4037 9041 4048 9001 4061 9006 $$ GOETSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 12:41 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Schuyler and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Fulton, Shelby | 207 days |
| Feb 16, 3:42 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 27 min |
| Feb 16, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Douglas, Morgan, Moultrie, Piatt, Scott | 218 days |
| Feb 16, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas | 32 min |
| Feb 16, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 35 min |
| Feb 16, 5:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 28 min |
| Feb 16, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.