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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 5:48 PM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 min. 12 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
- Apr 2, 2006, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 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), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 5:49 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | Berlin, IL | PATH LENGTH 2 MILES. TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTHWEST OF INTERSECTION OF SPRING CREEK RD AND COUNTY ROAD 8. DID WEAK F1 DAMAGE TO POLE BARN AND KNOCKED A TREE INTO A HOME. CREATED STRONGER F1 DAMAGE NEAR SOUTH WAKE RD, DESTROYED A GRAIN BIN AND POLE BARN, NUMEROUS |
| Apr 2, 5:58 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 4 Wsw Springfield, IL | TOUCHED DOWN NEAR LEATH FURNITURE ON WABASH AVE. DAMAGED ROOF OF LOWES. BLEW DOWN LIGHT POLES AT LOWES PARKING LOT. ESTIMATED WIND SPEED 80 MPH. |
| Apr 2, 5:59 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 N Chatham, IL | PATH LENGTH 1 MILE, WINDS ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH. TOUCHED DOWN 1/2 MILE SOUTHWEST OF IL-4/MANSION RD INTERSECTION. REMOVED ROOFING MATERIAL FROM SEVERAL HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL OTHER HOMES. |
| Apr 2, 5:59 PM CDT | TORNADO | Chatham, IL | TORNADO ON GROUND AT ROUTE 4 AND MANSION ROAD. FROM EMA. |
| Apr 2, 6:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Springfield, IL | TORNADO ON GROUND...WABASH AND COOKIE MILL. FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. |
| Apr 2, 6:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Springfield, IL | TORNADO ON GROUND...WABASH AND KOKE MILL. FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. |
| Apr 2, 6:01 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Springfield, IL | IN LELAND GROVE, 7 TREES BROKEN OFF, DANAGING ROOF OF A HOUSE. |
| Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | Springfield, IL | CITY ESDA REPORTED LIGHT POLES DOWN BY TORNADO AT WABASH AND VETERANS. |
| Apr 2, 6:06 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 E Springfield, IL | PATH LENGTH 3/4 MILE. TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF ILLINOIS DOT BUILDING NEAR ASH ST AND DIRKSEN PKWY. DAMAGED ROOF OF IDOT BUILDING. EYEWITNESS INDICATES THE TORNADO CROSSED I-55 AND DISSIPATED BEFORE REACHING LOST BRIDGE TRAIL. F1 DAMAGE CASUED TO IDOT BUILDING |
| Apr 2, 6:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Riverton, IL | 2-3 MOBILE HOMES BLOWN OVER. FROM SANGAMON ESDA. |
| Apr 2, 6:13 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | Riverton, IL | *** 1 INJ *** PATH LENGTH 1.5 MILES. TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF OAKS GOLF COURSE. CREATED STRONG F1 DAMAGE AT LINCOLN PLACE TRAILER COURT...DAMAGING 8 MOBILE HOMES...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED 110 MPH. 30 MOBILE HOMES MOVED SIGNIFICANTLY. NUMEROUS TREES SHREEDED AND |
| Apr 2, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pawnee, IL | TREES AND BARN DAMAGED SOUTHWEST OF TOWN. TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN PAWNEE. DAMAGE TO A SHED NORTHEAST OF TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 022248
TORILX
ILC167-022315-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0021.060402T2248Z-060402T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
548 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 548 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR LOAMI...OR
ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CURRAN...
FARMINGDALE...
SPRINGFIELD...
CHATHAM...
GLENARM...
DIVERNON...
SALISBURY...
PAWNEE...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...THAYER...AUBURN...SHERMAN...
ROCHESTER...BERRY...RIVERTON AND DAWSON.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GREAT DESTRUCTION. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ACT QUICKLY YOUR
LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT.
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 3989 8999 3953 8991 3954 8956 3981 8943
3991 8947
$$
SHIMON
&2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 022259
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
559 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
ILC167-022315-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060402T2315Z/
SANGAMON-
559 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR SANGAMON
COUNTY...
AT 558 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHATAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
SPRINGFIELD.
ROCHESTER.
SHERMAN.
BERRY.
RIVERTON.
DEBRIS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE AIR. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. THIS TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING INCREDIBLE
DESTRUCTION. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ACT QUICKLY YOUR LIFE MAY
DEPEND ON IT.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3989 8998 3953 8991 3954 8956 3981 8943
3991 8947
$$
SHIMON
&000
WWUS53 KILX 022303
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
603 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
ILC167-022315-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060402T2315Z/
SANGAMON-
603 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR SANGAMON
COUNTY...
AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THE WEST SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD...AND ANOTEHR
TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR CHATHAM...BOTH WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
SPRINGFIELD.
ROCHESTER.
SHERMAN.
BERRY.
RIVERTON.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING INCREDIBLE DESTRUCTION. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ACT
QUICKLY YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT.
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 3989 8998 3953 8991 3954 8956 3981 8943
3991 8947
$$
SHIMON
&The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 57 min |
| Apr 2, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 23 min |
| Apr 2, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Jasper | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Woodford | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 20 min |
| Apr 2, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Piatt | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 34 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.