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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 16, 2006Christian County, Fulton County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2006, 3:24 PM CST for Christian County, Fulton County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 207 days. 21 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, 3:24 PM CST (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Sep 11, 2006, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 207 days
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Christian County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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
Feb 16, 4:00 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	8 Se Moweaqua, IL
Feb 16, 4:01 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Moweaqua, IL	POWER POLE BROKEN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 2200N AND 640E.
Feb 16, 4:01 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Moweaqua, IL	POWER POLE BROKENNEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 2200N AND 640E
Mar 31, 12:25 PM CST	NON-TSTM WND GST 46	Taylorville, IL	REPORTED BY AWOS AT TAYLORVILLE AIRPORT
Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Morrisonville, IL
Apr 2, 6:08 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	6 Wsw Taylorville, IL	* 1 INJ * PATH LENGTH 6.3 MILES, MAXIMUM WIDTH 300 YARDS. ENTERED TAYLORVILLE ALONG SPRESSER ST AT THE WEST EDGE OF TOWN AROUND 612 PM. MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE AT HARDWARE STORE. MOVED THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AREAS NORTH OF SPRESSER ST AND SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD R
Apr 2, 6:13 PM CDT	TORNADO	Taylorville, IL	25 HOMES AND 7 BUSINESSES DAMAGED, TWO BUSINESSES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE. ONE HOME WITH DAMAGE EAST OF TAYLORVILLE. 2 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED WEST OF TAYLORVILLE.
Apr 2, 6:13 PM CDT	TORNADO	Taylorville, IL	WEST SIDE OF TAYLORVILLE. NUMEROUS BUSINESSES AND HOMES DESTROYED... FROM COUNTY ESDA.
Apr 2, 6:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Tower Hill, IL	DAMAGE FROM 4 MILES WEST TO 2 MILES EAST OF TOWER HILL. NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN. DAMAGED A ROOF AND DESTROYED A BARN. ESTIMATED WIND SPEED 80 TO 100 MPH.
Apr 2, 6:20 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	Assumption, IL	PATH LENGTH 1 MILE, MAX WIDTH 100 YARDS. DAMAGED TREES AND ROOF AT SLOAN IMPLEMENT, AND DOOR AT FORD DEALERSHIP.
Apr 16, 3:08 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 W Assumption, IL	BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OF A TORNADO WITH NO DAMAGE REPORTED.
Apr 16, 3:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 N Assumption, IL	TORNADO REPORTED BY ELECTED OFFICIAL.
Apr 30, 3:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Taylorville, IL	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN TAYLORVILLE FROM ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
May 24, 4:23 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Palmer, IL	POWER LINES DOWN IN PLAMER.
May 24, 4:27 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Morrisonville, IL	POWER LINES DOWN.
May 24, 4:33 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 S Taylorville, IL
May 24, 4:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Pana, IL	WIND DAMAGE IN ROSAMOND...NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN AND SIDING ON HOUSE DAMAGE. BETWEEN 450 AND 505 PM.
Jun 3, 4:20 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Pana, IL	PEA TO PENNY SIZED HAIL FELL BETWEEN 420 PM AND 428 PM...COVERING THE GROUND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY OF PANA...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF COOP SITE
Jun 3, 4:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Pana, IL	NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF PANA.
Jun 26, 2:58 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Owaneco, IL
Aug 18, 10:14 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Taylorville, IL	POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN

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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 548 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 589 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KILX 162124
TORILX
ILC021-173-162200-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0002.060216T2124Z-060216T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
324 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 324 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...4 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MORRISONVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  NOKOMIS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VANDERVILLE...
  OWANECO...
  TAYLORVILLE...
  PANA...
  ASSUMPTION...
  WESTERVELT...
  MOWEAQUA...
  FINDLAY...

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 3934 8947 3936 8903 3946 8868
      3965 8885

$$

BARKER

5 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 162143
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
344 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

ILC021-173-162200-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060216T2200Z/
SHELBY-CHRISTIAN-
344 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
SHELBY AND SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTIES...

AT 339 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OWANECO...OR ABOUT
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  MOWEAQUA.
  WESTERVELT.
  FINDLAY.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3934 8947 3936 8903 3946 8868
      3965 8885

$$

BARKER

000 
WWUS53 KILX 162159
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
357 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

ILC021-173-162207-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060216T2200Z/
SHELBY-CHRISTIAN-
357 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SHELBY AND SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 PM CST...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY
UNTIL 430 PM...

AT 352 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF CHRISTIAN
COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY.

THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
FOR NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 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 3955 8953 3934 8947 3936 8903 3946 8868
      3965 8885

$$

BARKER

000 
WFUS53 KILX 112300
TORILX
ILC057-112345-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0002.060911T2258Z-060911T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
558 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.

* AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...8 MILES WEST
  OF LEWISTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEWISTOWN...
  DUNCAN MILLS...
  BERNADOTTE...

ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES...IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA.

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.

...THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TORNADO 
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR FULTON COUNTY. 


LAT...LON 4050 9034 4039 9041 4027 9012 4037 9006
      4042 9001

$$

GOETSCH

000 
WWUS53 KILX 112314
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
612 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2006

ILC057-112345-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060911T2345Z/
FULTON-
612 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
FULTON COUNTY...

AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
BERNADOTTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IPAVA...
LEWISTOWN...
DUNCAN MILLS...

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. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 4045 9004 4024 9016 4024 9043 4037 9044
      4055 9029

$$

GOETSCH

000 
WWUS53 KILX 112344
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
644 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2006

ILC057-112354-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060911T2345Z/
FULTON-
644 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM
CDT...

AT 641 PM CDT...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.

LAT...LON 4036 9009 4024 9016 4024 9041 4038 9035
      4040 9023

$$

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, 2:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, McLean	207 days
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, 3:42 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

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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.