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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 5:57 PM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Christian County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 022257
TORILX
ILC021-022330-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0022.060402T2257Z-060402T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
557 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MORRISONVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF
HILLSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAYLORVILLE...
VANDERVILLE...
KINCAID...
OWANECO...
SHARPSBURG...
PANA...
EDINBURG...
WILLEYS...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...PALMER...STONINGTON AND
MOUNT AUBURN.
A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED NEAR RAYMOND AT 552 PM. FUNNEL CLOUDS
WITH THIS STORM MAY TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE
FUNNEL TO TOUCH DOWN BEFORE TAKING SHELTER.
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 3952 8954 3935 8954 3932 8922 3940 8904
3964 8911 3980 8925
$$
SHIMON4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 022305
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
605 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
ILC021-022330-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-060402T2330Z/
CHRISTIAN-
605 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CHRISTIAN
COUNTY...
AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PALMER...OR ABOUT
9 MILES WEST OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
TAYLORVILLE.
EDINBURG.
STONINGTON.
MOUNT AUBURN.
A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. WHEN A TORNADO
WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS STRONG ROTATION
HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE
GROUND...OR ONE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALL ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3955 8950 3943 8941 3936 8927 3940 8904
3964 8911 3980 8925
$$
SHIMON000
WWUS53 KILX 022318
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
618 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
ILC021-022330-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-060402T2330Z/
CHRISTIAN-
618 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CHRISTIAN
COUNTY...
AT 614 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
MOUNT AUBURN.
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 8950 3943 8941 3936 8927 3940 8904
3964 8911 3980 8925
$$
HJS000
WWUS53 KILX 022325
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
624 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
ILC021-022330-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-060402T2330Z/
CHRISTIAN-
624 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
CHRISTIAN COUNTY...
INITIAL REPORTS OF HOMES DAMAGED AND LARGE AREAS OF DEBRIS ON THE
WEST SIDE OF TAYLORVILLE. TAKE COVER NOW
AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING INCREDIBLE DESTRUCTION. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ACT
QUICKLY YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3966 8941 3946 8918 3940 8904 3964 8911
3980 8925
$$
SHIMON
&000
WWUS53 KILX 022330
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
630 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
ILC021-022340-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-060402T2330Z/
CHRISTIAN-
630 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT...
AT 625 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 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 3966 8941 3946 8918 3940 8904 3964 8911
3980 8925
$$
SHIMONThe 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, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 27 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.