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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 2, 2006DeWitt County, McLean County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 6:45 PM CDT for DeWitt County, McLean County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min. 14 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, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2006, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeWitt County, IL, McLean County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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, 6:57 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Shirley, IL	SILO AND BARN DAMAGE.
Apr 2, 6:57 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Stanford, IL	HAIL 1 3/4 INCH REPORTED IN STANFORD
Apr 2, 6:59 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Bloomington, IL	MULTIPLE MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED AND SHIFTED OUT OF POSITION ON SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. GARAGE DOOR BOWED, ONE GARAGE PARTLY DESTROYED.
Apr 2, 7:01 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	2 Nne Weldon, IL	NO DAMAGE.
Apr 2, 7:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	(Bmi)Bloomington Arpt, IL	MINOR DAMAGE TO TWO PLANES.
Apr 2, 7:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 56	(Bmi)Bloomington Arpt, IL
Apr 2, 7:08 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	Towanda, IL	SOUTH OF TOWANDA, NO DAMAGE.
Apr 2, 7:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Roanoke, IL	HOG BARN DAMAGED DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TIME ESTIMATED.
Apr 2, 7:12 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	2 Sw Kappa, IL	PATH LENGTH 1/2 MILE, WIDTH 50 YARDS. CAUSED DAMAGE TO POLE BARN. CROSSED INTO WOODFORD COUNTY.
Apr 2, 7:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Gridley, IL	WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. ROOF REMOVED FROM SOUTH SIDE OF A BUILDING.
Apr 2, 7:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Arrowsmith, IL	BARNS BLOWN DOWN OR DAMAGED.
Apr 2, 7:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Arrowsmith, IL	TWO BARNS AND TWO SILOS DAMAGED. POWER LINES DOWN. MACHINE SHED DOORS BLOWN OFF.
Apr 2, 7:22 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	3 W Gridley, IL	PATH LENGTH 2.25 MILES, WIDTH 50 YARDS. MOVED INTO LIVINGSTON COUNTY.
Apr 2, 7:22 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 S Flanagan, IL	HALF OF BARN ROOF REMOVED. BLOWING DEBRIS DAMAGED FARMHOUSE AND KNOCKED DOWN POWER POLE. WFO ILX SURVEY INDICATED F0 DAMAGE.

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 022345
TORILX
ILC039-113-203-030015-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0029.060402T2345Z-060403T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GERMANTOWN HILLS
  TO 23 MILES SOUTH OF WELDON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6
  MILES NORTHEAST OF PEKIN TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAPELLA...
  STANFORD...
  CLINTON...
  GERMANTOWN HILLS...
  LANE...
  SHIRLEY...
  WELDON...
  HEYWORTH...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...DANVERS...GOODFIELD...
CONGERVILLE...METAMORA...CARLOCK...EUREKA...DE WITT...CAZENOVIA...
BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LOW POINT...DOWNS...ROANOKE...LE ROY...
HUDSON...SECOR...FARMER CITY...TOWANDA...KAPPA...HOLDER...EL PASO...
BENSON...PANOLA...ELLSWORTH...SAYBROOK...PLEASANT HILL...MINONK...
LEXINGTON...GRIDLEY...COOKSVILLE...COLFAX AND ARROWSMITH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 4076 8956 4074 8932 4064 8932 4030 8921
      4008 8909 4005 8878 4029 8856 4046 8847
      4062 8858 4092 8903 4089 8943

$$

AUTEN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 030003
SVSILX

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

ILC039-113-203-030015-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060403T0015Z/
DE WITT-MCLEAN-WOODFORD-
701 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DE WITT...MCLEAN AND WOODFORD COUNTIES...

AT 657 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF TORNADO
PRODUCING STORMS.  THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF METAMORA TO TOWANDA...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF EUREKA TO 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  SAYBROOK.
  COLFAX.
  ROANOKE.
  GRIDLEY.
  MINONK.
  BLOOMINGTON.
  NORMAL.
  EUREKA.
  LE ROY.
  FARMER CITY.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...COOKSVILLE...ARROWSMITH...KAPPA...
PLEASANT HILL...SECOR...LEXINGTON...CAZENOVIA...LOW POINT...EL
PASO...ANCHOR...PANOLA AND BENSON.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADOS...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 75 MPH.

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 4082 8949 4074 8932 4064 8932 4035 8904
      4012 8872 4029 8856 4046 8847 4062 8858
      4092 8903 4089 8943

$$

AUTEN

&

000 
WWUS53 KILX 030017
SVSILX

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

ILC039-113-203-030026-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060403T0015Z/
DE WITT-MCLEAN-WOODFORD-
716 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DE WITT...WESTERN MCLEAN 
AND WESTERN WOODFORD COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 715 PM CDT...

AT 714 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 WARNING IS IN EFFECT OF EASTERN WOODFOR AND EASTERN MCLEAN 
UNTIL 8 PM.

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 4082 8949 4074 8932 4064 8932 4035 8904
      4012 8872 4029 8856 4046 8847 4062 8858
      4092 8903 4089 8943

$$

AUTEN

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, 6:25 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, 6:46 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.