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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2006, 10:29 PM CDT for Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. 5 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 13, 2006, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2006, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Knox County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 10:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Galesburg, IL | TRAILER ON WESTERN EDGE OF GALESBURG MOVED OFF FOUNDATION. SHED BLOWN DOWN. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND TREE LIMBS DOWN. TREE BLOWN DOWN ON HOUSE. FREE STANDING METAL FLAGPOLE AT POST OFFICE BENT OVER. |
| Apr 13, 10:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Galesburg, IL | REPORT FROM TRAINED SPOTTER NEAR GALESBURG AIRPORT. |
| Apr 13, 10:52 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Galesburg, IL | REPORT FROM TRAINED SPOTTER NEAR THE GALESBURG AIRPORT |
| Apr 13, 10:52 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Galesburg, IL | NICKEL SIZE HAIL |
| Apr 13, 10:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Dahinda, IL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL |
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 13, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 140330 TORILX ILC095-140415- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0035.060414T0329Z-060414T0415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1029 PM CDT THU APR 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1029 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR GALESBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KNOXVILLE... DELONG... GILSON... DAHINDA... MAQUON... WILLIAMSFIELD... YATES CITY... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ABINGDON. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 4112 9043 4073 9044 4073 9000 4098 9002 $$ SMITH &
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 140344 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1044 PM CDT THU APR 13 2006 ILC095-140415- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-060414T0415Z/ KNOX- 1044 PM CDT THU APR 13 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR KNOX COUNTY... AT 1041 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KNOXVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALESBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... GILSON. MAQUON. WILLIAMSFIELD. YATES CITY. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4112 9043 4073 9044 4073 9000 4098 9002 $$ SMITH
000 WWUS53 KILX 140355 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1055 PM CDT THU APR 13 2006 ILC095-140415- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-060414T0415Z/ KNOX- 1055 PM CDT THU APR 13 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR KNOX COUNTY... AT 1051 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GILSON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALESBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... YATES CITY. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...WILLIAMSFIELD AND MAQUON. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 4112 9043 4073 9044 4073 9000 4098 9002 $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 54 min |
| Apr 13, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 61 min |
| Apr 13, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 56 min |
| Apr 13, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 30 min |
| Apr 13, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 61 min |
| Apr 13, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 59 min |
| Apr 14, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 66 min |
| Apr 14, 12:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 61 min |
| Apr 14, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Piatt | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 1:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 8:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 58 min |
| Apr 14, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 16 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.