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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 2, 2006Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 7:16 PM CDT for Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min. 15 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, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 7:21 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Mahomet, IL30 FOOT TALL, 18 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN.
Apr 2, 7:21 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 583 Ne Mahomet, IL
Apr 2, 7:23 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 702 Wnw Champaign, ILI-74 AT I-57. FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED.
Apr 2, 7:24 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 69Thomasboro, IL
Apr 2, 7:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSt. Joseph, IL7 HOMES DAMAGEDE IN WILSHIRE SUBDIVISION. 5 OTHER HOMES IN RURAL AREAS DAMAGED.
Apr 2, 7:25 PM CDTTORNADO 05 Ssw Gifford, ILLOCATED NEAR FLATVILLE. PATH LENGTH 1/4 MILE, WIDTH 50 YARDS. CAUSED MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE.
Apr 2, 7:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 E Ogden, ILSEMI BLOWN OVER ON I-74 AT MILE MARKER 200
Apr 2, 7:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGUrbana, ILBILLBOARD BLOWN OVER, 2 MILES EAST OF UNIVERSITY AND HIGHCROSS.
Apr 2, 7:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 58Ogden, ILSWOP REPORT.
Apr 2, 7:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 N Oakwood, ILWIND DAMAGE TO BARNS AND A GRADE SCHOOL.
Apr 2, 7:39 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBismarck, ILTREES DOWN.
Apr 2, 7:39 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGCatlin, IL7 POWER LINES DOWN, POLES WERE BROKEN IN HALF. TRAIN CARS BLOWN OVER.
Apr 2, 7:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGDanville, ILSEMI BLOWN OVER ON I 74 AND A TREE DOWN IN TOWN.
Apr 2, 7:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGDanville, ILSEMI BLOWN OVER ON I-74. WINDOWS BLOWN OUT DOWNTOWN. SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Apr 2, 7:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGOakwood, ILOAKWOOD JUNIOR HIGH DAMAGED

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1184 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
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
1184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 030016
TORILX
ILC019-183-030100-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0033.060403T0016Z-060403T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS
  WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 13 MILES
  SOUTH OF THOMASBORO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHAMPAIGN...
  THOMASBORO...
  RANTOUL...
  ROYAL...
  FITHIAN...
  GIFFORD...
  FAIRMOUNT...
  COLLISON...
  ARMSTRONG...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...FOOSLAND...FISHER...
JAMAICA...INDIANOLA...LUDLOW...GEORGETOWN...OAKWOOD...CATLIN...
WESTVILLE...TILTON...POTOMAC...DANVILLE...HENNING...BISMARCK...ALVIN
AND ROSSVILLE.

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD
TO SEE. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME. INSTEAD...TAKE
COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR.

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 4011 8845 4011 8796 3991 8793 3990 8756
      4018 8755 4047 8754 4039 8795 4039 8846

$$

SHIMON

&
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KILX 030028
SVSILX

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

ILC019-183-030100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060403T0100Z/
CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-
727 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES...

AT 725 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF THOMASBORO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. ANOTHER REPORT 
OF A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS RECEIVED FROM THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF CHAMPAIGN.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  THOMASBORO.
  ROYAL.
  GIFFORD.
  POTOMAC.
  RANKIN.
  ROSSVILLE.
  HOOPESTON.

FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS
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 4012 8822 4011 8796 3991 8793 3990 8756
      4018 8755 4047 8754 4048 8793 4039 8793
      4038 8845

$$

SHIMON

&
000 
WWUS53 KILX 030036
SVSILX

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

ILC019-183-030100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060403T0100Z/
CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-
736 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES...

AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROYAL...OR ABOUT 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF RANTOUL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  GIFFORD.
  ROYAL.
  POTOMAC.
  RANKIN.
  ROSSVILLE.
  HOOPESTON.

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD
TO SEE. DO NOT REMAIN IN YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME. INSTEAD...TAKE
COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR.

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 4019 8801 4004 8776 3989 8771 3990 8756
      4018 8755 4047 8754 4048 8793 4039 8793
      4039 8821

$$

SHIMON
000 
WWUS53 KILX 030048
SVSILX

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

ILC019-030058-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060403T0100Z/
CHAMPAIGN-
748 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 747 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 CANCELLED.

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 4039 8790 4025 8777 4018 8755 4047 8754
      4048 8793

$$

ILC183-030100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060403T0100Z/
VERMILION-
748 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
VERMILION COUNTY...

AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSSVILLE...OR
ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  HOOPESTON.

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 4039 8790 4025 8777 4018 8755 4047 8754
      4048 8793

$$

SHIMON
000 
WWUS53 KILX 030054
SVSILX

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

ILC183-030100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060403T0100Z/
VERMILION-
754 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY...

AT 752 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST EAST OF DANVILLE. 
TRANSFORMER FLASHES WERE SEEN.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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 4048 8770 4011 8771 4012 8754 4047 8754

$$

SHIMON
&
000 
WWUS53 KILX 030058
SVSILX

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

ILC183-030108-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060403T0100Z/
VERMILION-
758 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY EXPIRES AT
800 PM CDT...

AT 752 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 4048 8770 4011 8771 4012 8754 4047 8754

$$

SHIMON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Crawford33 min
Apr 2, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Woodford31 min
Apr 2, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar26 min
Apr 2, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Tazewell23 min
Apr 3, 2:09 AM CDTWind AdvisoryILXCass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 19 more13 hr

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.