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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 8:55 PM CST for DeWitt County, Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min. 11 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
- Mar 12, 2006, 8:55 PM CST (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties DeWitt County, IL, Macon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 9:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Latham, IL | DELAYED REPORT. SEVERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS IN LATHAM AND NIANTIC. PEOPLE TRAPPED IN BUILDINGS. |
| Mar 12, 9:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Latham, IL | PEOPLE TRAPPED IN THE BASEMENT OF A HOUSE JUST SOUTH OF LATHAM. |
| Mar 12, 9:10 PM CST | TORNADO | Latham, IL | TORNADO REPORTED IN LATHAM. |
| Mar 12, 9:10 PM CST | TORNADO | Latham, IL | |
| Mar 12, 9:15 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Clinton, IL | SOUTH SIDE OF CLINTON. ALSO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MIN. |
| Mar 12, 9:15 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Latham, IL | |
| Mar 12, 9:20 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 2 N Maroa, IL | ALONG US-51 1 MILE NORTH OF DEWITT/MACON COUNTY LINE. |
| Mar 12, 9:23 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 1 Sw Clinton, IL | |
| Mar 12, 9:30 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 4 Se Clinton, IL | PUBLIC REPORT FROM WELDON SPRING STATE PARK. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 12, 9:42 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lane, IL | LARGE BRANCH AND POWER LINE DOWN. SWOP REPORT. |
| Mar 12, 9:42 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Lane, IL | SWOP REPORT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 130255 TORILX ILC039-115-130345- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0012.060313T0255Z-060313T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 855 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 945 PM CST * AT 855 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF WARRENSBURG...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WARRENSBURG... KENNEY... ROWELL... MAROA... CLINTON... ARGENTA... LANE... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...WELDON AND DE WITT. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO SEE. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME. INSTEAD...TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. 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 4010 8915 3987 8917 4000 8875 4025 8875 $$ MILLER
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 130313 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 912 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ILC039-115-130345- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/ MACON-DE WITT- 912 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR NORTHERN MACON AND DE WITT COUNTIES... AT 908 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN LATHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... WARRENSBURG. KENNEY. ROWELL. MAROA. CLINTON. ARGENTA. WELDON. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...LANE AND DE WITT. TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO SEE. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME. INSTEAD...TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4010 8915 3987 8917 4000 8875 4025 8875 $$ MILLER &
000 WWUS53 KILX 130324 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 923 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ILC039-115-130345- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/ MACON-DE WITT- 923 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR NORTHERN MACON AND DE WITT COUNTIES... AT 919 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROWELL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... ROWELL. MAROA. CLINTON. WELDON. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...KENNEY...LANE AND DE WITT. TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO SEE. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME. INSTEAD...TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. 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 4010 8915 3987 8917 4000 8875 4025 8875 $$ MILLER &
000 WWUS53 KILX 130335 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 934 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ILC039-115-130345- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/ MACON-DE WITT- 934 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR NORTHERN MACON AND DE WITT COUNTIES... AT 930 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... WELDON. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...LANE AND DE WITT. TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO SEE. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME. INSTEAD...TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4012 8910 3999 8909 4005 8876 4025 8875 $$ MILLER &
000 WWUS53 KILX 130347 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 947 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ILC039-115-130354- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/ MACON-DE WITT- 947 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MACON AND WESTERN DE WITT COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 945 PM CST... ...A NEW TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN DE WITT COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CST... AT 945 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF NORTHERN MACON AND WESTERN DE WITT COUNTIES...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM. 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 4012 8910 3999 8909 4005 8876 4025 8875 $$ MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 7:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 47 min |
| Mar 12, 8:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 9:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 10:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 13 min |
| Mar 12, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 11:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 11:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 11:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Woodford | 67 min |
| Mar 12, 11:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 55 min |
| Mar 13, 12:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 12:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 1:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 2:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 2:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 2:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 3:05 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 3:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 3:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 3:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 23 min |
| Mar 13, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 5:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.