Tornado Warning 45, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Apr 16, 2006, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)

Expired

Apr 16, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Macon County, IL, Piatt County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS53 KILX 162014
TORILX
ILC115-147-162100-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0045.060416T2014Z-060416T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
314 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
  EASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT.

* AT 314 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD   
  NEAR LONG CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CERRO GORDO...
  BEMENT...
  ATWOOD...

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

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 3993 8887 3979 8886 3979 8847 3993 8848

$$
GEELHART

000 
WWUS53 KILX 162041
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
341 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006

ILC115-147-162100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-060416T2100Z/
MACON-PIATT-
341 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
EASTERN MACON AND SOUTHERN PIATT COUNTIES...

AT 335 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDESTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
NEAR CERRO GORDO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF DECATUR...MOVING EAST 
AT 30 MPH.

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

ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA.

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 3990 8879 3980 8879 3979 8847 3991 8849

$$
GEELHART

000 
WWUS53 KILX 162101
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
401 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006

ILC115-147-162111-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-060416T2100Z/
MACON-PIATT-
401 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EASTERN MACON AND SOUTHERN PIATT
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 400 PM CDT...

AT 356 PM 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 7 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 3990 8879 3980 8879 3979 8847 3991 8849

$$
GEELHART

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