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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2006, 2:00 AM CST for Sangamon 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
- Mar 13, 2006, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 130800 TORILX ILC167-130830- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0018.060313T0800Z-060313T0830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 200 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 230 AM CST * AT 200 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...NEAR LOAMI...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD... ROCHESTER... RIVERTON... DAWSON... BUFFALO... MECHANICSBURG... ILLIOPOLIS... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CURRAN. 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 3973 8990 3962 8981 3984 8922 3993 8945 $$ BARNES
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 130817
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
217 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
ILC167-130830-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060313T0830Z/
SANGAMON-
217 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CST FOR SANGAMON
COUNTY...
AT 211 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRINGFIELD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
SPRINGFIELD.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...DAWSON AND BUFFALO.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY...AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3973 8990 3962 8981 3988 8929 3993 8945
$$
BARNES000 WWUS53 KILX 130830 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 230 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ILC167-130840- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060313T0830Z/ SANGAMON- 230 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SANGAMON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 230 AM CST... AT 227 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 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 3973 8990 3962 8981 3988 8929 3993 8945 $$ BARNES
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, 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, 12:24 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, 2:51 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.