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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 2, 2006Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 6:12 PM CDT for Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2006, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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
Apr 2, 6:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Tower Hill, IL	POWER POLES BROKEN OFF EAST OF TOWER HILL. REPORTED BY NWS TRAINED SPOTTER.
Apr 2, 6:41 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Windsor, IL	PART OF ROOF MISSING OFF OF COOP WEATHER OBSERVER HOUSE.

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, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 022312
TORILX
ILC173-022345-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0024.060402T2312Z-060402T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
612 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...7 MILES
  SOUTH OF OCONEE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOKOMIS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COWDEN...
  TOWER HILL...
  LAKEWOOD...
  CLARKSBURG...
  SHELBYVILLE...
  WESTERVELT...
  STRASBURG...
  STEWARDSON...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...HERRICK...FINDLAY AND
WINDSOR.

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 3932 8913 3922 8912 3922 8859 3939 8854
      3956 8872 3954 8902 3936 8902

$$

SHIMON

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 022319
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
619 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

ILC173-022345-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060402T2345Z/
SHELBY-
619 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

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

AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OCONEE...OR ABOUT
13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOKOMIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  LAKEWOOD.
  TOWER HILL.
  SHELBYVILLE.
  WESTERVELT.
  STEWARDSON.
  WINDSOR.
  FINDLAY.

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 3932 8913 3922 8911 3922 8859 3939 8854
      3956 8872 3954 8902 3936 8902

$$

SHIMON

000 
WWUS53 KILX 022327
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
627 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

ILC173-022345-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060402T2345Z/
SHELBY-
627 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

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

AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWER HILL...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  SHELBYVILLE.
  WESTERVELT.
  FINDLAY.
  WINDSOR.

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 3936 8902 3923 8883 3922 8854 3939 8854
      3956 8872 3954 8902

$$

SHIMON

000 
WWUS53 KILX 022331
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
632 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

ILC173-022345-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060402T2345Z/
SHELBY-
632 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

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

AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWER HILL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF
SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  STEWARDSON.
  FINDLAY.
  WINDSOR.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...WESTERVELT...CLARKSBURG...
STRASBURG AND TROWBRIDGE.

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 3938 8898 3924 8881 3922 8854 3939 8854
      3956 8872 3954 8902

$$

SHIMON

&

000 
WWUS53 KILX 022346
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
647 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

ILC173-022357-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060402T2345Z/
SHELBY-
647 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SHELBY 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 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 3938 8898 3924 8881 3922 8854 3939 8854
      3956 8872 3954 8902

$$

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, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Sangamon	27 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, 6:15 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

Nearby

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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.