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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 16, 2006Effingham County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 3:38 PM CDT for Effingham County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 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 16, 2006, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2006, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Effingham County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 16, 4:13 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Stewardson, IL

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 16, 11:17 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 841 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 278 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 162038
TORILX
ILC049-173-162130-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0048.060416T2038Z-060416T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 338 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF COWDEN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF VANDALIA...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COWDEN...
  LAKEWOOD...
  BEECHER CITY...
  MOCCASIN...
  CLARKSBURG...
  SHUMWAY...
  STEWARDSON...
  EFFINGHAM...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...STRASBURG...TROWBRIDGE...
TEUTOPOLIS AND SIGEL.

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 3922 8902 3922 8881 3909 8881 3912 8848
      3939 8848 3939 8880 3935 8891

$$

GOETSCH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KILX 162104
SVSILX

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

ILC049-173-162130-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-060416T2130Z/
EFFINGHAM-SHELBY-
404 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
EFFINGHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEECHER CITY...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  STEWARDSON.
  EFFINGHAM.
  TEUTOPOLIS.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...SHUMWAY...STRASBURG...TROWBRIDGE
AND SIGEL.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY...AND ALWAYS 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 3939 8861 3922 8881 3909 8881 3912 8848
      3939 8848

$$

GOETSCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 6:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	42 min
Apr 16, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria	49 min
Apr 16, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell	65 min
Apr 16, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard, Sangamon	56 min
Apr 16, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Tazewell	52 min
Apr 16, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Woodford	43 min
Apr 16, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	47 min
Apr 16, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon	48 min
Apr 16, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon	42 min
Apr 16, 2:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon	37 min
Apr 16, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	58 min
Apr 16, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	45 min
Apr 16, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon, Piatt	46 min
Apr 16, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	25 min
Apr 16, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Piatt	46 min
Apr 16, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Woodford	48 min
Apr 16, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan	22 min
Apr 16, 3:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign	44 min
Apr 16, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby	62 min
Apr 16, 4:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Effingham, Shelby	44 min
Apr 16, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cumberland	51 min
Apr 16, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Piatt	48 min
Apr 16, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Jasper	47 min
Apr 16, 5:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Effingham	29 min
Apr 16, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas	56 min
Apr 16, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas	41 min
Apr 16, 5:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Cumberland	44 min
Apr 16, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	41 min
Apr 16, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby	49 min
Apr 16, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar	47 min
Apr 16, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	45 min
Apr 16, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark	67 min
Apr 16, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas	54 min
Apr 16, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	30 min
Apr 16, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper	62 min
Apr 16, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign	46 min
Apr 16, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar	30 min
Apr 16, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Edgar	52 min
Apr 16, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Jasper	67 min
Apr 16, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	31 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.