Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Mar 13, 2006, 3:09 AM CST (09:09 UTC)

Expired

Mar 13, 2006, 3:33 AM CST

In force

24 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Christian County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS53 KILX 130909
TORILX
ILC021-130945-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0019.060313T0909Z-060313T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
309 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 345 AM CST

* AT 309 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...2 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF PALMER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF TAYLORVILLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TAYLORVILLE...
  OWANECO...
  WILLEYS...
  STONINGTON...
  ASSUMPTION...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...SHARPSBURG.

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 3955 8953 3956 8951 3969 8917 3969 8915
      3965 8914 3965 8904 3952 8904 3951 8906
      3940 8940 3940 8944

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KILX 130925
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
325 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

ILC021-130945-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060313T0945Z/
CHRISTIAN-
325 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CST FOR EASTERN
CHRISTIAN COUNTY...

AT 321 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STONINGTON...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR ONE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM
OR HALL ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING.

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 3953 8917 3962 8929 3969 8917 3969 8915
      3965 8914 3965 8904 3954 8911

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KILX 130933
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
333 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

ILC021-130943-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060313T0945Z/
CHRISTIAN-
333 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 327 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 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 3953 8917 3962 8929 3969 8917 3969 8915
      3965 8914 3965 8904 3954 8911

$$

BAK

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