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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 14, 2006Champaign County, Douglas County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2006, 1:31 AM CDT for Champaign County, Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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 14, 2006, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2006, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Champaign County, IL, Douglas County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 14, 1:35 AM CDTHAIL 0.88Pesotum, ILNICKEL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 13, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 2006-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2006-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 140631
TORILX
ILC019-041-140700-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0040.060414T0631Z-060414T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
131 AM CDT FRI APR 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 131 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...3 MILES
  SOUTH OF IVESDALE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PESOTUM...
  TUSCOLA...
  VILLA GROVE...
  CAMARGO...
  MURDOCK...
  LONGVIEW...
  BROADLANDS...
  HINDSBORO...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...TOLONO...GARRETT AND NEWMAN.

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.

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 4004 8847 3980 8848 3964 8814 3971 8799
      3995 8795

$$

AUTEN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KILX 140659
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
159 AM CDT FRI APR 14 2006

ILC019-041-140709-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-060414T0700Z/
DOUGLAS-CHAMPAIGN-
159 AM CDT FRI APR 14 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 200 AM CDT...

AT 156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 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 4004 8847 3980 8848 3964 8814 3971 8799
      3995 8795

$$

AUTEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox44 min
Apr 13, 10:29 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox46 min
Apr 13, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall49 min
Apr 13, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Stark54 min
Apr 13, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton61 min
Apr 13, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean56 min
Apr 13, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell, Woodford63 min
Apr 13, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox30 min
Apr 13, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell53 min
Apr 13, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean64 min
Apr 13, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Stark61 min
Apr 13, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean53 min
Apr 13, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan64 min
Apr 14, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean48 min
Apr 14, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell30 min
Apr 14, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Woodford59 min
Apr 14, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Piatt66 min
Apr 14, 12:28 AM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan36 min
Apr 14, 12:35 AM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Macon40 min
Apr 14, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion61 min
Apr 14, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean64 min
Apr 14, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt37 min
Apr 14, 1:22 AM CDTTornado WarningILXPiatt23 min
Apr 14, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign41 min
Apr 14, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Schuyler27 min
Apr 14, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Mason, Menard58 min
Apr 14, 9:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Sangamon44 min
Apr 14, 10:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon49 min
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion41 min
Apr 14, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion16 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.