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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2006, 12:24 AM CST for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 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
- Mar 13, 2006, 12:24 AM CST (06:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 1:08 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fulton County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 756 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1064 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 130624
TORILX
ILC057-130715-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0016.060313T0624Z-060313T0715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1224 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 115 AM CST
* AT 1224 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...5 MILES WEST
OF VERMONT...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERNADOTTE...
DUNCAN MILLS...
SMITHFIELD...
LEWISTOWN...
CUBA...
BRYANT...
FIATT...
LITTLE AMERICA...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...IPAVA...ST. DAVID...
DUNFERMLINE...CANTON...NORRIS AND BANNER.
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.
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 4041 9045 4022 9044 4024 9024 4052 8989
4063 9000 4072 9001
$$
GOETSCH3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 130638
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1238 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
ILC057-130715-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060313T0715Z/
FULTON-
1238 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR EASTERN
FULTON COUNTY...
AT 1234 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
LEWISTOWN...OR ABOUT NEAR LEWISTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
ST. DAVID.
CANTON.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...CUBA...BRYANT...LITTLE AMERICA...
DUNFERMLINE...NORRIS AND BANNER.
TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD
TO SEE. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME. INSTEAD...TAKE
COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4064 9001 4045 9031 4033 9022 4045 8993
4053 8988
$$
GOETSCH000
WWUS53 KILX 130651
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1249 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
ILC057-130715-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060313T0715Z/
FULTON-
1249 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR EASTERN
FULTON COUNTY...
AT 1245 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. DAVID...OR
ABOUT NEAR CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
BANNER.
CANTON.
NORRIS.
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 4063 9001 4056 9015 4045 9011 4052 8988
4063 8989
$$
GOETSCH000
WWUS53 KILX 130708
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
108 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
ILC057-130718-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060313T0715Z/
FULTON-
108 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN FULTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 101 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4063 9001 4056 9015 4045 9011 4052 8988
4063 8989
$$
GOETSCHThe 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, 8:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 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, 12:58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.