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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 2, 2006Peoria County, Tazewell County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 6:25 PM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 min. 6 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, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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, 6:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Minier, IL	POWER LINES DOWN.
Apr 2, 6:37 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Peoria, IL	3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT PEORIA AIRPORT.
Apr 2, 6:37 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	(Pia)Peoria Arpt, IL	3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT PEORIA AIRPORT.
Apr 2, 6:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mackinaw, IL	ROOF PEELED OFF SMALL BAR.
Apr 2, 6:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 Sw Mackinaw, IL
Apr 2, 7:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Delavan, IL	SHED AND LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 022326
TORILX
ILC143-179-030000-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0027.060402T2325Z-060403T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLASFORD TO 19
  MILES SOUTH OF DELAVAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF CANTON TO 10 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINGSTON MINES...
  GREEN VALLEY...
  DELAVAN...
  GLASFORD...
  DILLON...
  POWERTON...
  SOUTH PEKIN...
  MAPLETON...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...SMITHVILLE...PEKIN...
BARTONVILLE...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...HOPEDALE...TREMONT...NORWOOD...
BELLEVUE...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...GROVELAND...MINIER...PEORIA...
EAST PEORIA...MORTON...MACKINAW...WASHINGTON AND DEER CREEK.

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.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. DAMAGING HIGH WINDS ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS SYSTEM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR STURDY
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 4047 8990 4032 8957 4037 8927 4072 8935
      4073 8954 4082 8960 4062 8987

$$

AUTEN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KILX 022359
SVSILX

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

ILC143-179-030009-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-060403T0000Z/
TAZEWELL-PEORIA-
659 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TAZEWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN PEORIA COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 700 PM CDT...

AT 657 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 10 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 4047 8990 4032 8957 4037 8927 4072 8935
      4073 8954 4082 8960 4062 8987

$$

AUTEN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 2, 1:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 1:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
135 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST STARTS OUT ON THE ROCKY SIDE...WITH SEVERE
WEATHER LIKELY APPROACHING OR IMPACTING FORECAST AREA AT ISSUANCE
TIME. THEN...THINGS QUIET DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM ONCE
THE WINDS DIE DOWN IN THE WAKE OF OUR STORM SYSTEM MONDAY EVENING.

12Z MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...THOUGH THIS IS
NOT SURPRISING GIVEN THE BENIGN PATTERN ONCE TONIGHT/S SYSTEM
DEPARTS. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES CLOSE/REASONABLE...SO WILL NOT STRAY
TOO FAR.

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WILL NOT GET TOO MUCH INTO THE STORM/SEVERE
POTENTIAL AS THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH IN PREVIOUS SHIFTS
AND THE EVENT IS (OR SHORTLY WILL BE) ONGOING. MAIN SEVERE THREAT
SHOULD END BY AROUND MIDNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES INTO INDIANA.
WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME FAIRLY STRONG TOWARD MORNING AS
SURFACE LOW PASSES TO OUR NORTH AND POST FRONTAL CAA/SUBSIDENCE IS
MAXIMIZED. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR MONDAY...BUT WILL LEAVE
THIS TO MID SHIFT TO DECIDE/ISSUE. DO NOT WANT TO CONFUSE THE ISSUE
WHEN WE WILL LIKELY BE HAVING WATCH BOXES ISSUED THIS EVENING. WRAP
AROUND CLOUDS/MOISTURE SHOULD BE WITH US FOR GOOD PORTION OF
MONDAY...BUT THE MODELS ARE PRETTY QUICK TO SCOUR THE MOISTURE OUT
IN THE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW. THE EVENTUAL CLOUD COVER FOR MONDAY
WILL HAVE AN IMPORTANT IMPACT ON TEMPERATURES.

MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...UPPER/SURFACE RIDGING GRADUALLY
BUILD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD...ACCOMPANIED
BY BENIGN CONDITIONS AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES.

LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MODEL/ENSEMBLE AGREEMENT
REMAINS DECENT IN THE LONG TERM. THE BIGGEST QUESTION REMAINS HOW
QUICKLY NEXT MAJOR WAVE/LOW IMPACT AND EVENTUALLY MOVE AWAY FROM
REGION. THE OVERALL TREND HAS BEEN SLOWER WITH THIS FEATURE...WITH A
FEW OF THE MODELS (MOST NOTABLY THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN) LOOKING
RATHER BLOCKY AND CONSIDERABLY SLOWER. CONFIDENCE IN THIS TREND HAS
INCREASED ENOUGH TO DROP MENTION OF PRECIPITATION FROM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND ADD IT TO FRIDAY. QUIET AND SEASONABLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED
IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM.

&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

BAK

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 11:15 AM CDT, 7 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1115 AM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-031200-
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-
CHRISTIAN-MACON-
1115 AM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EAST
CENTRAL IOWA BY LATE AFTERNOON...THE WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY PUSH NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AFTER 300 PM
AND THEN TRACK EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO
EARLY EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND A FEW
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE WARM
FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE WARM
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF A SPRINGFIELD TO
MATTOON LINE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN IS EXPECTED TO
PUSH NORTH OF OUR AREA BY EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE MIDWEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY IN
THE 300 PM TO 900 PM TIME RANGE. A CONFERENCE CALL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED
FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA TODAY AT 1230 PM.

ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-031200-
PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-
CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
1115 AM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EAST
CENTRAL IOWA BY LATE AFTERNOON...THE WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY PUSH NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AFTER 300 PM
AND THEN TRACK EAST ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
INTO THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND A
FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY TIME FRAME FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL EXTEND FROM 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES
THE MIDWEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY IN
THE 400 PM TO 10 PM TIME RANGE. A CONFERENCE CALL HAS BEEN
SCHEDULED FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA TODAY AT 1230 PM.

HJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 5:52 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
552 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0546 PM     TORNADO          LOAMI                   39.67N 89.85W
04/02/2006                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO ON GROUND. FROM SANGAMON COUNTY EMA.

&&

BAK

Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:00 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
600 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0559 PM     TORNADO          CHATHAM                 39.67N 89.70W
04/02/2006                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO ON GROUND AT ROUTE 4 AND MANSION ROAD. FROM EMA.

&&

BAK

Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
602 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     TORNADO          SPRINGFIELD             39.78N 89.64W
04/02/2006                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO ON GROUND...WABASH AND COOKIE MILL. FROM
            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

BAK

Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:04 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
604 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0602 PM     TORNADO          SPRINGFIELD             39.78N 89.64W
04/02/2006                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CITY ESDA REPORTED LIGHT POLES DOWN BY TORNADO AT WABASH
            AND VETERANS.

&&

BAK

Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:14 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
614 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0553 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 W TALLULA             39.95N 89.97W
04/02/2006  E60 MPH          MENARD             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0605 PM     TSTM WND GST     OAKFORD                 40.10N 89.97W
04/02/2006  E70 MPH          MENARD             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BAK

Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:25 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
625 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0613 PM     TORNADO          TAYLORVILLE             39.52N 89.26W
04/02/2006                   CHRISTIAN          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WEST SIDE OF TAYLORVILLE. NUMEROUS BUSINESSES AND HOMES
            DESTROYED... FROM COUNTY ESDA.

&&

BAK

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, 6:12 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, 6:29 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.